If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Quote by Henry Miller

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

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

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

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.

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

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

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced...

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has...

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has...

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it...

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...