The American ideal is youth -- handsome, empty youth. Henry Miller More Quotes by Henry Miller More Quotes From Henry Miller Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such Henry Miller moving-oninspirationallife If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without. Henry Miller certaintyfoundheaven If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. Henry Miller happinessinspirationallife It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart. Henry Miller essencesoulheart By choosing to live above the ordinary level we create extraordinary problems for ourselves. Henry Miller levelsproblemordinary A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Henry Miller inspirationalbooklying The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. Henry Miller successhappinesslife Everything hinges on how you look at things Henry Miller hingeslooks If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. Henry Miller tourismanchorstravel Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. Henry Miller adaptationprogressinspirational To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. Henry Miller medicinefatemen The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. Henry Miller inspirationallovelife To make living itself an art, that is the goal. Henry Miller goalteachingart Voyages are accomplished inwardly. Henry Miller voyagesaccomplished Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. Henry Miller gratitudeperspectivetime The man who is intoxicated with life does not pass judgment, does not seek to come to a conclusion, does not impose his message on the world. Henry Miller life-lessondoemen The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it. Henry Miller life-goalgoallife-is I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable Henry Miller lonelyartistmen Example moves the world more than doctrine. Henry Miller doctrineexamplemoving I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company. Henry Miller sunshinesilenceheart
