Truth Quote by Henry Miller — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.”

“What's a fuck when what I want is love?”

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”

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

“Ik kwam er achter dat ik er mijn hele leven heus niet naar had verlang om te leven - als wat anderen doen tenminste leven genoemd kan worden - maar wel om mezelf te kunnen uitdrukken.”

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”

“How can you expect me to believe that?""whether you believe it or not does not change the nature of truth”

“Religious structure often dilutes the spiritual experience.”

“Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him ... These things I know, Ubertino; I also have belonged to those groups of men who believe they can produce the truth with white-hot iron. Well, let me tell you, the white heat of truth comes from another flame.”

“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”

“I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read.”

“As we are whiling away days of idleness, time may flow rashly through the screen of our thoughts and veil the relevance of individual fragments in our story. The clock of reality can arrest us, though, and compel us to confront the demands of the truth. ("Non mais, t'as vu l'heure !")”