Quote by Anaïs Nin
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to

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. – Anaïs Nin

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I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair. – Anaïs Nin

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Confidence
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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. – Anaïs Nin

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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. – George Herbert

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The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. – Richard Bach

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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. – Muhammad Ali

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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. – Wallace Stevens

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