When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Religion Quotes

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....

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....

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

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

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...

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...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

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

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

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...

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

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

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

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...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

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.

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...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...