Instead of asking ‘How much damage will the work in question bring about?’ why not ask ‘How much good? How much joy?’ – Henry Miller
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing. – Henry Miller
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. – Henry Miller
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. – Henry Miller
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other. – Henry Miller
One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. – Henry Miller
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. – Henry Miller
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. – Henry Miller
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself. – Henry Miller
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love. – Henry Miller
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. – Henry Miller
The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself. – Henry Miller
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – Henry Miller
Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life’s ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets. – Henry Miller