Henry Miller

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fact #given #life #meaning #obvious

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. ↗

— Henry Miller

#anyone #belief #destiny #enough #great

Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen. ↗

— Henry Miller

#life

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: It comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. ↗

— Henry Miller

#faith

We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fate #behavior

The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order. ↗

— Henry Miller

#nature #order #world #life

Living with a whore--even the best whore in the world--isn't a bed of roses. ↗

— Henry Miller

#whores #women #life

Certainly paradise, whatever, wherever it be, contains flaws. (Paradisical flaws, if you like.) If it did not, it would be incapable of drawing the hearts of men or angels. ↗

— Henry Miller

#life #paradise #spain #life

Whoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist. To make living itself an art, that is the goal. ↗

— Henry Miller

#creativity #live-life #art

I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live - if what others are doing is called living - but to express myself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#tropic-of-capricorn #life