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Own Quotes by Henry Miller
- The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker…
- Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
- No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead…
- The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.
- Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
- Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.
- And there is a time, glorious too in its own way, when one scarcely exists, when one is a complete void. I mean, when boredom…
- Everyday we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read the lines written by the hand of a master…
- Writing is its own reward.
- We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.
- I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. I wanted the earth to open up, to swallow everything in one engulfing…
- What I secretly longed for was to disentangle myself of all those lives which had woven themselves into the pattern of my own life and…
- Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov