People will not understand much, but they are accustomed to that and they will get a most excellent impression. Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see. . . .
Civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.
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, Sexus A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in.