Author: Henry Miller

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

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

- 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.

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

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

- Henry Miller

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

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

- Henry Miller

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

- 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.

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

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

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

- 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.

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

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

- Henry Miller

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