Henry Miller

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. ↗

— Henry Miller

#force #maintained #needs #through #whatever

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. ↗

— Henry Miller

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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. ↗

— Henry Miller

#believes #cut #difficult #easiest #everything

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. ↗

— Henry Miller

#believe #cease #day #gods #men

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. ↗

— Henry Miller

#guilt #knowledge #neurosis #same #sin

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

— Henry Miller

#citizens #everyday #legal #legal system #mystery

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. ↗

— Henry Miller

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The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#antagonism #based #conquered #enemy #itself

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. ↗

— Henry Miller

#desperation #face #look #nobody #passing