Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.
Henry Miller
Chaos, Reality, Life’s Nature, Perception, Understanding, Order
Henry Miller’s Quotes On Topics
Spontaneous Work | Society’s View | Life Resources | Spiritual Balance | Spiritual Adventure | Dream Home | Class Divide | Public Discourse | Political Criticism | Risk Taking | Joy | Searching | Living Fully | Pathetic Attempt | Cosmos | Defeat Death | Facing Reality | Life Goal | Golden Period | Submission | More
More Henry Miller Quotes
“Despite all the talk about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, electoral freedom, and so on, I dare say it would be a shock to know what the common man thinks about the problems which confront the world. The common man is always cleverly set off one against the other, children are always ruled out, young people are ordered to conform and obey, and the views of the wise, the saintly, the true servers of mankind, are forever scorned as impractical.” Henry Miller
Common Thoughts, Freedom Illusion, World Conformity, Thoughts, Freedom, Conformity
Henry Miller Common Thoughts, Freedom Illusion, World Conformity, Thoughts, Freedom, Conformity“The Greek knows how to live with his rags: they don’t utterly degrade and befoul him as in other countries I have visited.” Henry Miller
Greek Resilience, Rags Life, Cultural Endurance, Resilience, Rags, Endurance
Henry Miller Greek Resilience, Rags Life, Cultural Endurance, Resilience, Rags, Endurance“Human beings make a strange fauna and flora. From a distance they appear negligible; close up they are apt to appear ugly and malicious. More than anything they need to be surrounded with sufficient space – space even more than time.” Henry Miller
Human Nature, Space Need, Strange Creatures, Humanity, Space, Nature
Henry Miller Human Nature, Space Need, Strange Creatures, Humanity, Space, Nature“I had moment of ecstasy and I sang with burning sparks. I sang of the Equator, her red-feathered legs and the islands dropping out of sight. But nobody heard.” Henry Miller
Ecstasy, Creativity, Expression, Passion, Isolation, Art
Henry Miller Ecstasy, Creativity, Expression, Passion, Isolation, Art“What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment?” Henry Miller
Earth Plunder, Reckless Loot, False Progress, Plunder, Progress, Enlightenment
Henry Miller Earth Plunder, Reckless Loot, False Progress, Plunder, Progress, Enlightenment“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.” Henry Miller
Woman Choices, Literary Inspiration, Love And Suffering, Woman, Inspiration, Love
Henry Miller Woman Choices, Literary Inspiration, Love And Suffering, Woman, Inspiration, Love“The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.” Henry Miller
Humanity, Desire, Creation, Beauty, Life, Irony
Henry Miller Humanity, Desire, Creation, Beauty, Life, Irony“Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.” Henry Miller
True Passion, Artistic Drive, Fiery Spirit, Criticism, Passion, Emotion
Henry Miller True Passion, Artistic Drive, Fiery Spirit, Criticism, Passion, Emotion“The history of the world is the history of the privileged few.” Henry Miller
Privileged History, World Narrative, Elite Power, History, Privilege, Power
Henry Miller Privileged History, World Narrative, Elite Power, History, Privilege, Power“This keeping oneself alive, out of a blind urge to defeat death, is in itself a means of sowing death. Every one who has not fully accepted life, who is not incrementing life, is helping to fill the world with death.” Henry Miller
Life Acceptance, Defeat Death, Existential Philosophy, Vitality, Fear, Self-awareness
Henry Miller Life Acceptance, Defeat Death, Existential Philosophy, Vitality, Fear, Self-awareness“They never opened the door which leads to the soul.” Henry Miller
Spirituality, Self-discovery, Inner Truth, Awareness, Life, Human Nature
Henry Miller Spirituality, Self-discovery, Inner Truth, Awareness, Life, Human Nature“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.” Henry Miller
Artistic Expression, Life Meaning, Abundance, Creativity, Life Purpose, Self Discovery
Henry Miller Artistic Expression, Life Meaning, Abundance, Creativity, Life Purpose, Self Discovery“A fatuous, suicidal wish that is constipated by words and paralyzed by thought.” Henry Miller
Suicidal Thoughts, Mental Paralysis, Creative Block, Self, Thought, Despair
Henry Miller Suicidal Thoughts, Mental Paralysis, Creative Block, Self, Thought, Despair“Ideas are living creatures, active and activating, like flowers.” Henry Miller
Creative Ideas, Growth Metaphor, Living Ideas, Inspiration, Nature, Imagination
Henry Miller Creative Ideas, Growth Metaphor, Living Ideas, Inspiration, Nature, Imagination“I might say, in passing, that my life seems to have been one long search for the Mara who would devour all the others and give them significant reality.” Henry Miller
Self-discovery, Inner Search, Life’s Meaning, Self, Reality, Journey
Henry Miller Self-discovery, Inner Search, Life’s Meaning, Self, Reality, Journey“To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth – I count that something of a miracle.” Henry Miller
Love, Intimacy, Miracle, Emotion, Passion, Desire
Henry Miller Love, Intimacy, Miracle, Emotion, Passion, Desire“I don’t know whether you’ve ever had a woman eat an apple while you were doing it. Well, you can imagine how that affects you.” Henry Miller
Desire, Intimacy, Temptation, Sexuality, Metaphor, Experience
Henry Miller Desire, Intimacy, Temptation, Sexuality, Metaphor, Experience“The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.” Henry Miller
Historical Patterns, Misplaced Truth, Cultural Reflections, History, Truth, Mortality
Henry Miller Historical Patterns, Misplaced Truth, Cultural Reflections, History, Truth, Mortality