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.

Quote by Henry Miller

Topics: Love Quotes

We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor....

We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor....

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

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

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

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

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...

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from...

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

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.

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who...

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who...

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

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...

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...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...