American - Author | December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Henry Miller
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The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
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One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.
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One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
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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.
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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.
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The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.
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I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.
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Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
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Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
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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.
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