Henry Miller

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗

— Henry Miller

#debate-fodder #intelligence #reading #wisdom #intelligence

have you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there is only one place where he is always welcome- at the bottom. ↗

— Henry Miller

#humor

When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes. ↗

— Henry Miller

#life

He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals ↗

— Henry Miller

#morals #nationalism #religion #science #education

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another person, not with the mind, not even with the heart. ↗

— Henry Miller

#love #soul #love

That we cannot rise equal to situations when we are in them — that is the tragedy of life. ↗

— Henry Miller

#tragedy #equality

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself! ↗

— Henry Miller

#inspirational

I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead. ↗

— Henry Miller

#henry-miller #first-sentence

By choosing to live above the ordinary level we create extraordinary problems for ourselves. ↗

— Henry Miller

#life #life

I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object. ↗

— Henry Miller

#philosophy #beauty