Henry Miller: Trending quotes (page 5)

“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.”

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

“The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.”

“On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama.”

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

“Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.”

“An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.”

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

“At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love―just enough to feed the birds.”

“We create our fate every day… most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.”

“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.”

“One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar.”

“To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.”

“Everything hinges on how you look at things”

“In this age, which believes that there is a short-cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way, in the long run, is the easiest.”

“Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: It comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.”

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

“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.”

“Certainly paradise, whatever, wherever it be, contains flaws. (Paradisical flaws, if you like.) If it did not, it would be incapable of drawing the hearts of men or angels.”