Henry Miller Quotes & Sayings

“If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.”

“Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.”

“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.”

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”

“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”

“We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.”

“One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.”

“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

“The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.”

“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.”