Famous, inspirational quotes: Henry David Thoreau, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Carl Jung

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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the beat which he hears, however measured or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

“I remember that just as I was about to cross the border they asked me what I had to declare and, like an idiot, I answered "I want to declare that I am a traitor to the human race."”

Henry Miller

"Life shrinks or expands, according to one's courage."

Anais Nin

“To be "unhistorical" is the Promethean sin, and in this sense modern man lives in sin. ...He must be proficient in the highest degree, for unless he can atone by creative ability for his break with tradition, he is merely disloyal to the past.” “

                        Carl Jung

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These fragments and quotes are taken from the unpublished writings of Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.