We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull…

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Growth Quotes, Life Quotes, Maturity Quotes

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

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

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

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

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

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

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, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

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...

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

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

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

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...

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...

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....

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

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....

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...

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 hope the world ends in 2012 so I can't be held accountable for my...

I hope the world ends in 2012 so I can't be held accountable for my...

I will make it sure to give my wife a good night kiss whenever she...

I will make it sure to give my wife a good night kiss whenever she...