Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Quote by Anais Nin

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People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

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...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

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...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

Dreams are necessary to life.

Dreams are necessary to life.

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...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

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...

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

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

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant...

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant...

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

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...

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

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

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....

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

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.

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...