Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration.

Quote by Henry Miller

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True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

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.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

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...

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world....

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

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...

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 artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer,...

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer,...

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...

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.

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

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

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling...

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 world is the mirror of myself dying.

The world is the mirror of myself dying.

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...

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...