“Group thinking does not give strength. It weakens the will. Majority thinking is oppressive because it inhibits individual growth and seeks a formula for all. Individual growth makes communal living of higher quality.” ThinkingGrowthStrengthWill Book:In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays Source: In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays
“Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a child with a child's blind faith. I wept because my eyes were opened to reality.” RealityGrowthTransformationPainfulInnocenceWomanChildMetamorphosisWept Book:Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin Source: Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you're not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn't a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now.” LifeGrowthChangeEducationExperimentsMistakesVocationSocial Norms Author:Anaïs Nin