Henry Miller quotes and words of wisdom

"When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"I soon found out you can"t change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it."
Found in the topic Change.

"Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."
Found in the topic Destiny.

"Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to,everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil,can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."
Found in the topic Discipline.

"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."
Found in the topic Diet.

"Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood."
Found in the topic Confuse.

"Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed."
Found in the topic Force.

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
Found in the topic Experience.

"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms."
Found in the topic Ambition.

"Until he [man] has become fully human, until he learns to conduct himself as a member of the earth, he will continue to create gods who will destroy him. The tragedy of Greece lies not in the destruction of a great culture but in the abortion of a great vision."
Found in the topic Vision.

"The real leader has no need to lead ? he is content to point the way."
Found in the topic Leadership.

Interesting Quotes

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.Douglas Adams - English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.W. Somerset Maugham - English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)