Author of quotes: Henry Miller. Page 2

Truth does not need too much paraphernalia.

"I'm not a bird!" The thought pulled at the revelation. Because no matter how much force of imagination, the wings will not grow.

You can be happy, clearing the street slush. The main thing - that about it nobody has guessed. Because once they reveal your secret, down the drain! You will be trampled into the mud, forgetting that on clean pavement to walk much more pleasant. Accused of all mortal sins. Start to blame your pride. The crowd is forgiving just yet believes that she is too happy.

The main thing is to be yourself. This is great art. This is the most difficult, because it does not require from you any efforts. Don't need anyone or anything to emulate, it is not necessary to play the sage or the pose of wit... you Know what I mean? You just have to speak their voice and to engage in... er... love.

There is something obscene in this reverence for the past, and it usually ends with shelters or trenches.

It's good to allow yourself to be a complete coward at least once in life. And not ashamed of it.

Better to be stupid than to do nothing at all!

And if I'm outside of humanity, it is only because my world has overtopped its human edge, because to be human is boring and pathetic activity, limited by our five senses, morals and the law defined by the hackneyed theories and truisms.

Under that shell of indifference you can always find an ugly deep open wound.

When a person spends money on himself and gets pleasure from it, said about him: "He doesn't know what to do with the money."

You can live without friends, how can I live without love and even without money - this, according to General opinion, the absolute values.

It's easy to understand how the idea of the Kingdom of heaven appears in the human mind even when it loses its foothold. Must be some other world besides the swamp, where everything is piled up.

During the war all dream about the world, but no one has the courage to lay down their arms and say, "enough! I've had enough!"

And the cowardly man, the great heroism painted his actions.