"Every time you come to the limit of……" — Henry Miller
"Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!"
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261 Quotes by Henry Miller
Henry Miller has 261 quotes on this site.
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...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.
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The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.…
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The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is…
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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
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An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
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If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
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Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich,…
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We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it…
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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably…
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I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if…
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Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
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Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded…
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There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is…
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The success of the '86 movie with Brandon Lee demanded some kind of continuation. Plus, I had always contemplated a…
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I imagined a psychic pain growing inside him (myself) that demanded some physical outlet. Suicide must have been his attempt…
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Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is…
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One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into…
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Let us hope our weapons are never needed -but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded…
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The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put…
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Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to…
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[Young] was afterwards accustomed to say, that at no period of his life was he particularly fond of repeating experiments,…
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