# Quote — Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi

> One feels that [in Knossos, c. 1500 B.C.] man […] was religious in the only way which is becoming to man, by making the most of everything that comes to hand, by extracting the utmost of life from every passing minute.

- 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: 121
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- Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-miller/the-colossus-of-maroussi/one-feels-that

## 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)