# Quote — Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi

> I'm crazy enough to believe that the happiest man on earth is the man with the fewest needs.

- Author: [Henry Miller](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller.md)
- Book: [The Colossus of Maroussi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi.md)
- Page: 133
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Miller#The_Colossus_of_Maroussi_(1941)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [happiness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/happiness.md), [desire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/desire.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi/im-crazy-enough

## More from this book

> If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

p. 235 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi/if-men-cease.md)

Topics: [faith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/faith.md)

> He saw the humorous aspect of everything, which is the real test of the tragic sense.

p. 29 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi/he-saw-the.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> There ain't no such thing as civilization.

p. 144 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi/there-aint-no-such.md)

Topics: [society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/society.md)