Henry Miller Quotes

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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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• Even if one’s whole life were a mistake, there is always time to change.

  Henry Miller

  Mistake, Whole Life, Whole

  Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller (1989). “A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953”, p.373, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.

  Henry Miller

  Way, Realizing, Better Life

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

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• Everything hinges on how you look at things

  Henry Miller

  Looks, Hinges

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

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Courage, Dark

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.90, New Directions Publishing

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• Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

  Henry Miller

  Nature, Men, Masters

  Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.175, New Directions Publishing

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• If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.

  Henry Miller

  Heaven, Found, Certainty

  Henry Miller (1969). “Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents”, p.192, New Directions Publishing

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• Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

  Henry Miller

  Fate, Needs, Literature

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.87, New Directions Publishing

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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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• 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

  Failing, Christ, Maximum

  Henry Miller (1961). “The Cosmological Eye”, p.154, New Directions Publishing

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• Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.

  Henry Miller

  Running, Eye, Acceptance

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

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

  Henry Miller

  Order, Confusion, Understanding

  Henry Miller (1966). “Tropic of Capricorn”

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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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