More from Anais Nin
Violence is a symptom of impotence.
Anais NinAnais Nin You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.
Anais NinAnais Nin I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
Anais NinAnais Nin For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.
Anais NinAnais Nin One handles truths like dynamite.
Anais NinAnais Nin I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.
Anais NinAnais Nin The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
Anais NinAnais Nin You live out the confusions until they become clear.
Anais NinAnais Nin Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
Anais NinAnais Nin 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.
Anais NinAnais Nin 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.
Anais NinAnais Nin Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.
Anais NinAnais Nin People living deeply have no fear of death.
Anais NinAnais Nin Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
Anais NinAnais Nin Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
Anais NinAnais Nin Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you.
Anais NinAnais Nin
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From our community writers
Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry
Meet the writers
More on giving
Don’t be afraid to take your time to give your heart to someone worthy.
Lily DiazLily Diaz What is to give light must endure burning.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Stop giving people access to your life when they refuse to handle you with care.
Lisa ArcherLisa Archer When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
Leo BuscagliaLeo Buscaglia Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Andre GideAndre Gide Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Andre GideAndre Gide
