"My books are the books that I am,……" — Henry Miller
"My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the reckless man, the lusty, obscene, boisterous, scrupulous, lying, diabolically truthful man that I am."
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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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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the…
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There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle,…
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I will go forward... I will smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride fearlessly and triumphantly across the…
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Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear…
— Henry David Thoreau
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"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into…
— Calvin Miller
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In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather:…
— William Bligh
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On you and me and everything, I bestow my ripe blessings and boisterous bliss...
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show…
— Jean de La Fontaine
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the…
— John Foxe
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but…
— Thomas Jefferson
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It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our…
— Henri Nouwen
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For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however…
— John F. Kennedy
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