True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry Miller
The real enemy can always be m…
The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.
Henry Miller
If there is to be any peace it…
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Henry Miller
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are…
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Henry Miller
The aim of life is to live, an…
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
Henry Miller
I see America spreading disast…
I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.
Henry Miller
The real leader has no need to…
The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.
Henry Miller
Art is only a means to life, t…
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
Henry Miller
In the beginning was the Word….
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
Henry Miller
In expanding the field of know…
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
Henry Miller