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

- Anais Nin

My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, m…

- Anais Nin

Through love, through friendship, a heart lives more than one life.

- Anais Nin

I find that life, day by day, is composed of at least one joy, one problem and one sorrow. Then there are the smaller ingredients: you always learn s…

- Anais Nin

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

- Anais Nin

The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

- Anais Nin

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

- Anais Nin

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

- Anais Nin

It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the…

- Anais Nin