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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
That we cannot rise equal to situations when we are in them � that is the tragedy of life.
A Literate Passion: Letters of Ana�s Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.
Tropic of Cancer
My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world.
I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over.
For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter.
Tropic of Capricorn
And there is a time, glorious too in its own way, when one scarcely exists, when one is a complete void. I mean, when boredom seems the very stuff of life.
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.
The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.
Even the idiot may have a message for us.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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