Henry Miller

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• The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

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• Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring face of mystery.

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• What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act accordingly to their beliefs.

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• One of the reasons why so few us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

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• The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

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• The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

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• All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

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• Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.

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• There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action.

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• Example moves the world more that doctrine.

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• Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

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

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• If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

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• Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.

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• The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.

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