Quote by Henry Miller
The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And pe

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. – Henry Miller

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Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. – Henry Miller

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The only thing we never get enough of is love and the only thing we never give enough of is love. – Henry Miller

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Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now… – Henry Miller

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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

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