Anais Nin Quotes

One of my strengths over the years is to be open-minded.

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things.

There is no safety where there is no strength.

To defend oneself by alliance is proof of cowardice.

No place is weak where there are men capable of defending it.

People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.

I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery.

I feel a lot stronger than I ever have done since I've had kids, because you have to be: you don't want them to see any weakness.

I am not brave. I am very weak. I am trying to overcome my problems. I do cry, I do break but I think that's normal.

I used to get butterflies when I'd see big dudes. I don't get butterflies no more.

I do feel like I have set out a path of my life to never again be too small or too weak to protect the people I love.

The more educated we are, the less we are prepared to tolerate views contrary to our own.

Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.

To be strong is to understand weakness. To be weak is to have fears. To have fears is to have something precious to you. To have something precious to you is to be strong.

I know not whether it would be too bold an assertion to say that candor makes capacity.... But in order to try the truth of any observation relating to the mind, the easiest method is to illustrate it by outward objects. If, for instance, a man was to sweat and labor all the days of his life to fill a chest which was already full, the absurdity of his vain endeavor would be glaring. In the same manner, when the human mind is filled and stuffed with notions brought thither by fallacious inclinations, there is no room for truth to enter: candor being banished, passions alone bear the sway.

Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

Don’t let them see you weak.

I use to be panicked, but know I'm curious!

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.