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Every day we slaughter our finest impulses.
That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines writtenby the hand of a master and recognize them as our own,
as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faithto believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty.
Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself,
Is capable of uttering profound truths.
We all derive from the same source.
There is no mystery about the origin of things.
We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians;
we have only to open up, to discover what is already there.-- Henry Miller, Sexus
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
"It's foolish to be prejudiced. There are so many reasons to hate people on an individual basis."-- Dennis Miller