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Henry Miller

There was another thing I hear...

There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is an activity reserved for the dullard. It is the very opposite of creation, which is play The part of me which was given up to work, which enabled my wife and child to live in the manner which they unthinkingly demanded, this part of me which kept the wheel turning - a completely fatuous, ego-centric notion! - was the least part of me. I gave nothing to the world in fulfilling the function of breadwinner;

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Henry Miller

When you surrender, the proble...

When you surrender, the problem ceases to exist. Try to solve it, or conquer it, and you only set up more resistance. . . . The most difficult thing to admit, and to realize with one's whole being, is that you alone control nothing. . . .

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Henry Miller

To be joyous is to be a madman...

To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

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Henry Miller

The essential thing is to WANT...

The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

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Henry Miller

The cradles of civilization ar...

The cradles of civilization are the putrid sinks of the world.

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Henry Miller

They never opened the door whi...

They never opened the door which leads to the soul.

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Henry Miller

You start with the sublime and...

You start with the sublime and end up in an alley jerking away for dear life.

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Henry Miller

Until it is kindled by a spiri...

Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs.

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Henry Miller

Everything hinges on how you l...

Everything hinges on how you look at things

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Henry Miller

Once you have given up the gho...

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.

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Henry Miller

Who wants to be a hundred? Wha...

Who wants to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long one sustained by fear, caution, and perpetual medical surveillance.

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Henry Miller

Everything was for tomorrow, b...

Everything was for tomorrow, but tomorrow never came. The present was only a bridge and on this bridge they are still groaning, as the world groans, and not one idiot ever thinks of blowing up the bridge.

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Henry Miller

What I really hoped for, no do...

What I really hoped for, no doubt, was to come upon one of those lives which begin nowhere, which lead us through marshes and salt flats, trickling away, seemingly without plan, purpose or goal, and suddenly emerge, gushing like geysers, and never cease gushing, even in death.

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Henry Miller

No one asks you to throw Mozar...

No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.

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Henry Miller

My understanding of the meanin...

My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world.

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Henry Miller

The earth is not a lair, neith...

The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know. We will realize it the moment we open our eyes. We don't have to make it a Paradise-it is one. We have only to make ourselves fit to inhabit it. The man with the gun, the man with murder in his heart, cannot possibly recognize Paradise even when he is shown it.

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Henry Miller

...the wise man knows that eve...

...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.

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Henry Miller

The smile was so painfully swi...

The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife.

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Henry Miller

The most wonderful opportunity...

The most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human.

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Henry Miller

A book lying idle on a shelf i...

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.

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