In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

Quote by Henry Miller

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

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

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...

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

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 world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

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.

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...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

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.

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...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

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...

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...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

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

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