Henry Miller

Henry Miller

"We create our fate every day ... most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior."
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"We create our fate every day ... most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior."
Henry Miller
"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love."
Henry Miller
"Life as it is called is for most of us one long postponement."
Henry Miller
"The ordinary man is involved in action the hero acts. An immense difference."
Henry Miller
"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."
Henry Miller
"Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it."
Henry Miller
"The only artists for whom I would make way are - children. For me the paintings of children belong side by side with the works of the masters."
Henry Miller
"The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself."
Henry Miller
"There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action."
Henry Miller
"What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act accordingly to their beliefs."
Henry Miller
"The world is not to be put in order the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order."
Henry Miller
"1) Work on one thing at a time until finished.2) Start no more new books, add no more new material to "Black Spring."3) Don't be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.4) Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!5) When you can't create you can work.6) Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.7) Keep human! See people, go places, drink if you feel like it.8) Don't be a draught-horse! Work with pleasure"
Henry Miller
"My one thought is to get out of New York, to experience something genuinely American."
Henry Miller
"The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment."
Henry Miller
"“I have found God, but he is insufficient.”"
Henry Miller Tropic of Cancer
"Every day that we fail to live out the maximum of our potentialities we kill the Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, Christ which is in us."
Henry Miller
"Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning."
Henry Miller
"If you can't give the is-ness of a thing give the not-ness of it! The main thing is to hook up, get the wheels turning, sound off. When your brakes jam, try going in reverse. If often works."
Henry Miller
"He read as much as his curiosity demanded - which is to say all"
Henry Miller
"I saw the errors I had made and assumed full responsibility for everything."
Henry Miller
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