--- title: "8 Quiet Quotes By Henry Miller" description: "8 Quiet quotes by Henry Miller. Plus more from Henry Miller and more Quiet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/henry-miller-179_aim_if-i-am-against-the-condition-of-the-wor_250304.jpg" --- > [If I am against the condition of the world it is not because I am a moralist, it is because I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/if-i-am-against-the-condition-of-the-world-it-is-not-because-i-am-a/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/henry-miller-179_aim_if-i-am-against-the-condition-of-the-wor_250304.jpg) > [Everyday we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read the lines written by the hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/everyday-we-slaughter-our-finest-impulses-that-is-why-we-get-a/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/henry-miller-179_believe_everyday-we-slaughter-our-finest-impulse_277812.jpg) > [Perhaps I have not lined his portrait too clearly. But if he exists, if only for the reason that I have imagined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/perhaps-i-have-not-lined-his-portrait-too-clearly-but-if-he-exists-if/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/henry-miller-179_blue_perhaps-i-have-not-lined-his-portrait-to_541255.jpg) > [Everyman, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/everyman-when-he-gets-quiet-when-he-becomes-desperately-honest-with/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/henry-miller-179_capable_everyman-when-he-gets-quiet-when-he-beco_669172.jpg) > [We are all guilty of crime the great crime of not living life to the full. But we are all potentially free.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/we-are-all-guilty-of-crime-the-great-crime-of-not-living-life-to-the/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/henry-miller-179_crime_we-are-all-guilty-of-crime-the-great-cri_1280349.jpg) > [I thought, when I came upon her, that I was seizing hold of life... Instead I lost hold of life completely. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-thought-when-i-came-upon-her-that-i-was-seizing-hold-of-life/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/henry-miller-179_dry_i-thought-when-i-came-upon-her-that-i-wa_1326495.jpg) > [After all, most writing is done away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I'd say it occurs in the quiet, silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/after-all-most-writing-is-done-away-from-the-typewriter-away-from-the/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/henry-miller-179_desks_after-all-most-writing-is-done-away-from_1587094.jpg) > [Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/every-man-when-he-gets-quiet-when-he-becomes-desperately-honest-with-2/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/henry-miller-179_capable_every-man-when-he-gets-quiet-when-he-bec_3197970.jpg) ## Other authors on Quiet ## More by Henry Miller > [“I reached out for something to attach myself to—and I found nothing. But in reaching out, in the effort to grasp, to attach myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-reached-out-for-something-to-attach-myself-to-and-i-found-nothing/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“I saw the errors I had made and assumed full responsibility for everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-saw-the-errors-i-had-made-and-assumed-full-responsibility-for/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-monstrous-thing-is-not-that-men-have-created-roses-out-of-this/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [They never opened the door which leads to the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/they-never-opened-the-door-which-leads-to-the-soul/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“(...)I decided to let myself drift with the tide, to make not the least resistance to fate, no matter in what form it presented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-decided-to-let-myself-drift-with-the-tide-to-make-not-the-least/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“If it be knowledge or wisdom one is seeking, then one had better go direct to the source. And the source is not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/if-it-be-knowledge-or-wisdom-one-is-seeking-then-one-had-better-go/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“In the egocentric prism the helpless victim is walled in by the very light which he refracts. The ego dies in its own glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/in-the-egocentric-prism-the-helpless-victim-is-walled-in-by-the-very/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“When one spends what he has on himself, when one has a thoroughly good time with his own money, people are apt to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/when-one-spends-what-he-has-on-himself-when-one-has-a-thoroughly-good/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [Paint what you like and die happy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/paint-what-you-like-and-die-happy/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/she-may-be-lying-in-bed-reading-a-book-she-may-be-making-love-with-a/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“And no one sets about saving the world unless he has first experienced the miracle of personal salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/and-no-one-sets-about-saving-the-world-unless-he-has-first/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“He looks about the room at the few sticks of furniture, at the dirty bed sheets and the wash basin with the dirty water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/he-looks-about-the-room-at-the-few-sticks-of-furniture-at-the-dirty/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“Since then, of course, I have discovered what every madman in Paris discovers sooner of later; that there are no ready made infernos for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/since-then-of-course-i-have-discovered-what-every-madman-in-paris/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“Looking back upon my career, I see myself as a person capable of undertaking almost any task, any vocation. It was the monotony and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/looking-back-upon-my-career-i-see-myself-as-a-person-capable-of/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) > [“The word in your mouth is anarchy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-word-in-your-mouth-is-anarchy/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quiet/henry-miller/#itemlist", "name": "8 Quiet Quotes By Henry Miller", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I am against the condition of the world it is not because I am a moralist, it is because I want to laugh more. I don't say that God is one grand laugh: I say that you've got to laugh hard before you can get anywhere near God. 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