Henry Miller Famous Quotes
"Every man has his own destiny the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."
"I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive."
"In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest."
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
"Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."
Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant.
"One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one."
"Develop interest in life as you see it in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."
Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.
"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."
"If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having."
"A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be."
"The American ideal is youth -- handsome, empty youth."
How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician.
"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in."
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
"Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off"
"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience."
What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it
Henry Miller Quotations
"Marry your son when you will, but you daughter when you can."
Benjamin Franklin
"When you talk, you repeat what you already know when you listen, you often learn something."
Jared Sparks
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
Douglas Adams
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Carl Sandburg
"If I am not for myself, who is for me But if I am for my own self only, what am I, and if not now, when"
Rabbi Hillel
"The artist is a recepticle for the emotions that come from all over the place from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."
Pablo Picasso
"A poet's hope to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere."
W H Auden
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
Elizabeth II
"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."
W Somerset Maugham
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
Thomas Babington