Henry Miller Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Gratitude, Time, Perspective

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

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• The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.

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  Goal, Life Is, Life Goal

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• A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

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  Inspirational, Lying, Book

  Henry Miller (1969). “Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents”, p.23, New Directions Publishing

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• Everything hinges on how you look at things

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  Looks, Hinges

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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.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

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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.

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  Integrity, Commitment, Fate

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

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• Music is the can-opener of the soul.

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  Soul, Pineal Gland, Music Is

  Henry Miller (1966). “Tropic of Capricorn”

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

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  Order, Confusion, Understanding

  Henry Miller (1966). “Tropic of Capricorn”

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

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  Nature, Men, Masters

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

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• It is silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars and hypocrites.

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  Brother, Liars, Integrity

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• We have been educated to such a fine - or dull - point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

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  Criticism, Dull, Way

  Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.166, New Directions Publishing

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

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  Passion, Mean, Fire

  Henry Miller (2007). “Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I”, p.28, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

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  Fate, Training, Suffering

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

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• Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

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  Kings, Men, Profound

  Henry Miller (1964). “Henry Miller on Writing”, New Directions Publishing

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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.

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  Way, Realizing, Better Life

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

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• Voyages are accomplished inwardly.

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  Voyages, Accomplished

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.59, New Directions Publishing

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• An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.

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  Artist, Instruments, Creator

  Henry Miller (1962). “The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud”, p.138, New Directions Publishing

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• What is an artist? He's a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook up to the currents which are in atmosphere, in the cosmos.

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  Writing, Men, Artist

  Henry Miller, Frank L. Kersnowski (1994). “Conversations with Henry Miller”, Univ Pr of Mississippi

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• I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable

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  Lonely, Artist, Men

  Henry Miller (1962). “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird”, p.49, New Directions Publishing

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• A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life - provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was and always will be.

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  Men, Rich Life, Effort

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• By choosing to live above the ordinary level we create extraordinary problems for ourselves.

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  Ordinary, Levels, Problem

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

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  Acceptance, May, Way

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• We create our fate everyday

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  Fate, Destiny, Everyday

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

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• To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest.

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  Live Life, Love Is, Paint

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• The art of living is based on rhythm - on give & take, ebb & flow, light & dark, life & death. By acceptance of all aspects of life, good & bad, right & wrong, yours & mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, 'the dance of life,' metamorphosis.

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  Art, Good Life, Acceptance

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