"Whatever needs to be maintained through force is……" — Henry Miller
"Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring."
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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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More Adaptation Quotes
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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
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I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed…
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The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than…
— Nick Cave
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing…
— Warren Christopher
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I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who…
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There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance…
— Sun Tzu
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Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the…
— Georges Clemenceau
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This…
— Laozi
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During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -…
— Peter Drucker
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It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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