Quotes by Henry Miller

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

— Henry Miller

Life

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

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

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.

— Henry Miller

Life

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

— Henry Miller

Life

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

— Henry Miller

Love

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

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

— Henry Miller

Truth

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

— Henry Miller

Happiness

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

— Henry Miller

Courage

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

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

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.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

— Henry Miller

Life

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

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

— Henry Miller

Life

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

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.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

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

— Henry Miller

Hope

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

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

— Henry Miller

Wisdom

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.

— Henry Miller

Life