What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?
Quote by Henry Miller
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What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?
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Henry Miller Quotes
- An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
- There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.
- Sin, guilt, neurosis they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
- The only thing we never get enough of is love and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
- The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.
- 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.
- Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.
- 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.
- I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
- 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.
Best Quotes
- Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know.
- Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
- Music is my religion.
- We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
- The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
- There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from somewhere other than conservatism. The party out of power is also a party out of touch.
- A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
- I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
- It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
- I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.