Henry Miller Quotes

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

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.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

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.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

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.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.

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!

One`s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

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.

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

We create our fate every day we live

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.