Henry Miller Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.”

“Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.”

“There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.”

“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.”

“Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.”

“There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.”

“One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.”

“Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.”

“Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.”

“Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.”