The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
ANAIS NINThe value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.
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Good things happen to those who hustle.
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The real wonders of life lie in the depths. Exploring the depths for truths is the real wonder which the child and the artist know: magic and power lie in truth.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love.
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
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Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
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When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
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I walked into my own book, seeking peace. It was night, and I made a careless movement inside the dream; I turned too brusquely the corner and I bruised myself against my madness.
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Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.
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Willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
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