…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. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured- disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui- in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. And all the while a meter is running inside and there is no hand that can reach in there and shut it off. – Henry Miller

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is. – Henry Miller

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is. – Henry Miller

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is. – Henry Miller

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is. – Henry Miller

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such – Henry Miller