Henry Miller Quotes

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

  Henry Miller

  Positive, Travel, Attitude

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.25, New Directions Publishing

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• To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.

  Henry Miller

  Fate, Men, Medicine

  Henry Miller (2010). “The Colossus of Maroussi (Second Edition)”, p.38, New Directions Publishing

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• Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. 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

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.356, New Directions Publishing

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• There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.

  Henry Miller

  Love, Funny, Strong Women

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• The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

  Henry Miller

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.2, New Directions Publishing

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  If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.259, New Directions Publishing

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• It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

  Henry Miller

  Heart, Essence, Soul

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• 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.

  Henry Miller

  Music, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Real love is never perplexed, never qualifies, never rejects, never demands. It replenishes, by grace of restoring unlimited circulation. It burns, because it knows the true meaning of sacrifice. It is life illuminated.

  Henry Miller

  Real, Sacrifice, Love Is

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• ...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.

  Henry Miller

  Wise, Blessing, Men

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.27, New Directions Publishing

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• The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

  Henry Miller

  Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude

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• To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

  Henry Miller

  World, Ghost, Madmen

  Henry Miller (2007). “Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I”, p.31, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Music is the can-opener of the soul.

  Henry Miller

  Soul, Pineal Gland, Music Is

  Henry Miller (1966). “Tropic of Capricorn”

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• Don't look for miracles. You yourself are the miracle.

  Henry Miller

  Miracle, Looks

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• Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it.

  Henry Miller

  Choices, Spirit, Deny

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• Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation... The other eight are unimportant.

  Henry Miller

  Funny, Sexy, Good Sex

  Sexus ch. 21 (1949)

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• The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

  Henry Miller

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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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

  Fate, Training, Suffering

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.325, New Directions Publishing

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Fate

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• Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Progress, Adaptation

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.251, New Directions Publishing

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• To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

  Henry Miller

  Art, Teaching, Goal

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.400, New Directions Publishing

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• Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

  Henry Miller

  Integrity, Commitment, Fate

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.22, New Directions Publishing

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• The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.

  Henry Miller

  Acceptance, May, Way

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• Everything hinges on how you look at things

  Henry Miller

  Looks, Hinges

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• I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company.

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  Heart, Sunshine, Silence

  Henry Miller (1977). “Tropic of Cancer”

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