Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil.

Quote by Henry Miller

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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...

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 worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

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.

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

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 stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

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...

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 -...

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.

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the...

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

Actors die so loud.

Actors die so loud.

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...

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a...

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.