Quotes by Henry Miller

The only peace the only security is in fulfillment.

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

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

Example moves the world more than doctrine.

The man who looks for security even in the mind is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.

I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldnt. Nobody can write the absolute truth.

No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but mans front embraces the whole universe.

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

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

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

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

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

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 is, in the long run, the easiest.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

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

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

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.

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Langs feeble imagination.