Henry Miller Quotes about Giving

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Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.

Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.

Henry Miller

Dedication, Giving

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Henry Miller

Fear, Inspiration, Giving

Henry Miller (1972). “The Henry Miller reader”, Ayer Co Pub

We're creators by permission, by grace as it were. No one creates alone, of and by himself. An artist is an instrument that registers something already existent, something which belongs to the whole world, and which, if he is an artist, he is compelled to give back to the world.

Henry Miller

Artist, Giving, Grace

Henry Miller (2007). “Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I”, p.138, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

Henry Miller

Order, Giving, Redemption

Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.325, New Directions Publishing

I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

Henry Miller

Reading, Luxury, Giving

"Dear Dear Brenda: The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus".

The vast difference between astrology and other sciences, if I may put it thus, is that astrology deals not with facts but with profundities. The solid ground on which the scientist pretends to rest gives way, in astrology, to imponderables.

Henry Miller

Differences, Astrology, Giving

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.

Henry Miller

Cities, Giving, Imagination

Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-conditioned Nightmare”, p.257, New Directions Publishing

Henry Miller Quotes about Giving

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