“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the [person] in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”

— Henry Miller

Source: Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

Last update March 19, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist…" by Henry Miller?

Henry Miller 187

American novelist 1891–1980

Jun Hong Lu (1959) Australian Buddhist leader

Quotes from Words of Wisdoms Vol.2

“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly”

Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina

Variant: When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
Source: Anna Karenina

“A: The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul.
Q: It always happens?
A: If we're lucky. And if we let ourselves be blind.
Q: Instead of watching out?
A: Instead of always watching out.”

Mary Zimmerman Metamorphoses

Source: Metamorphoses

“There is always something new to learn about the person you love.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Two Boys Kissing

“To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear.”

Erich Fromm book The Art of Loving

Source: The Art of Loving

“I love you," I whisper.
"And I love you." He smiles, his lips seeking mine. "Always have. Always will.”

Alyson Nöel book Evermore

Source: Evermore

“An authentically powered person lives in love. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love.”

Gary Zukav (1942) American writer and revivalist

“Don't let the sun go down on me.
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see.
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free.
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Song lyrics, Caribou (1974)

“Those who are yogis, bhakta-yogis, because they are in love with God, Kṛṣṇa, they are seeing every moment within their heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone you love, you see always within your heart. Similarly, if you have love for God, Kṛṣṇa, then you can see Kṛṣṇa always. That is called yoga system.”

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977) Indian guru

Lecture on The Nectar of Devotion - Bombay, December 27, 1972. Vanipedia http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Anyone_you_love,_you_see_always_within_your_heart._Similarly,_if_you_have_love_for_God,_Krsna,_then_you_can_see_Krsna_always._That_is_called_yoga_system
Quotes from other Sources, Quotes from other Sources: Loving God

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Marriage

“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the [person] in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Henry Miller 187

Related quotes

Related topics