We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.

Quote by Henry Miller

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The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

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 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...

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

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...

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, 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...