Aldous Huxley Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963
Birthday: July 26
Death: November 22
Asceticism, it is evident, has a double motivation. If men and women torment their bodies, it is not only because they hope in this way to atone for past sins and avoid future punishments; it is also because they long to visit the mind's antipodes and do some visionary sightseeing.
source: Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher
topic: Motivation, Men, Past, Antipodes, Sightseeing
