He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Gifts Quotes

Dreams are necessary to life.

Dreams are necessary to life.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...