If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Experience Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Truth Quotes

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 possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

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....

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

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...

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

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

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Dreams are necessary to life.

Dreams are necessary to life.

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

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...

Love is a better teacher than duty.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me!

It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me!

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.