That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

—Aldous Huxley in Those Barren Leaves

God glows and flames… Eternity, believe it or not; it's as real as shit.

—Aldous Huxley in Island

Stained glass, engraved glass, frosted glass; give me plain glass.

—Aldous Huxley in Island

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.

—Aldous Huxley

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

—Aldous Huxley

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

—Kahlil Gibran

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

—Mahatma Gandhi

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

—W. H. Auden

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.

—Italian proverb

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it is highly unprofitable to most people.

—E. B. White