American - Author | December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Henry Miller
WisdomBodyNo SenseOwnGiveSense
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
LifeMusicBeautifulYourselfPeople
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
HeroManActionDifferenceInvolved
Actors die so loud.
DieLoud
I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.
FruitChanceAmericaLookYoungOld
We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.
FactsTalkMagazinesNewspapers
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
LifeArtEndArtistWayMore
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.
MusicBeautifulYouSeriouslyTake
Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.
LifeNewResourcesFrozenUsEven
Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.
LifeLongUsMost
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.
GodImaginationVoiceEverythingHe
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
WorldOrderUsPutHarmonize
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Henry Miller quotes