Henry Miller Quotes

American - Author | December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980

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

Henry Miller

DayMenBelieveWillOne DayBecome

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

Henry Miller

ChanceGiveReadOurSoulsShould

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

Henry Miller

LoveEnoughNeverGiveGetOnly

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?

Henry Miller

WordsManPotentialHumanDivineHe

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Henry Miller

NatureManEverythingMasterOwnHe

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.

Henry Miller

LifeDeathManDefeatTwoBeen

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

Henry Miller

EvilEnoughTrainExistenceAnalysis

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

Henry Miller

WhateverThroughForceNeedsDoomed

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Henry Miller

ManEnemyRaceHumanHuman Race

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

Henry Miller

LegalMysteryEverydayOverSystem

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

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ConfusionOrderUnderstoodWord

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Henry Miller

ChaosRealityScoreWhichWritten

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