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

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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...

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face....

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face....

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...

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...

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline...

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

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...

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

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 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...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

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 create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

We create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

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...

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music. The world...

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music. The world...

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...

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

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...

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...