Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Quote by Henry Miller

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Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

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...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

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...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

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...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

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...

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

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

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

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

Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or...

Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or...

It takes half the amount of time you dated someone to get over them.

It takes half the amount of time you dated someone to get over them.