Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery. – Henry Miller
And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words? – Henry Miller
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. – Henry Miller
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. – Henry Miller
The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. – Henry Miller
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs. – Henry Miller
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy. – Henry Miller
Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. – Henry Miller
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. – Henry Miller
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. – Henry Miller
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. – Henry Miller
Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines – these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm. – Henry Miller
The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we’re passing one another without a look of recognition. – Henry Miller
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. – Henry Miller
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller
An artist is always alone – if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. – Henry Miller