And Speaking of Henry Miller

I wanted to double check the quote. The full quote is:

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Well done, man.

And Miller echoes some of my thoughts on Obama:

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

and

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

Some others for good measure:

(For the sell out) The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

(For the liberals) The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

(For the readers of Public Musings) The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

(For the Mullahs) Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

Amen, bro.