"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts……" — Henry Miller

"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

— Henry Miller

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261 Quotes by Henry Miller

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...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.…
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is…
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich,…
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it…
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably…
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if…
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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