We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.Anais Nin
“Dreams are necessary to life.”
Writer · 1903 – 1977
Anaïs Nin, French-born American diarist and novelist. She is celebrated for her multi-volume Diary, begun when she was eleven, and for works such as Delta of Venus.
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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.Anais Nin
There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.Anais Nin
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.Anais Nin
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.Anais Nin
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.Anais Nin
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.Anais Nin
The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.Anais Nin