Quotes by Nin

“And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“Nobody makes a bad choice intentionally”

“Most people have a perception that winners are born great. Winners arent born great. They have become great by the virtue of doing a little extra to achieve greatness. That little extra effort accu...”

“I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbre...”

“When doubted, double your efforts”

“Instead of communicating "I love you, so let me make life easy for you," I decided that my message needed to be something more along these lines: "I love you. I believe in you. I know what you're c...”

“Getting angry is not bad”

“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”

“One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

“Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing”

“The Tantric sages tell us that our in-breath and out-breath actually mirror the divine creative gesture. With the inhalation, we draw into our own center, our own being. With the exhalation, we exp...”

“But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.”

“The reason that you are blessed in excess with anything is so that you can give it away to someone else in need.”

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach”

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”

“Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.”