We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.

Quote by Henry Miller

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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 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...

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.

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...

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it...

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it...

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we...

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

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...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We...

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...

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...

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...