That we cannot rise equal to situations when we are in them — that is the tragedy of life.
Henry MillerAll the lies and evasions by which man has nourished himself civilization, in a word is the fruits of the creative artist. It is the creative nature of man which has refused to let him lapse back into that unconscious unity with life which characterizes the animal world from which he made his escape.
Henry MillerAny genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Henry Miller