Quotes by Henry Miller
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
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.
Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'
Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.
Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.
Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
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.
Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'
Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.
Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.
Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
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