When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Simplicity of living, as much as possible, to retain a true awareness of life. Balance of physical, intellectual, and spiritual life. Work without pressure.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
With a new awareness, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Only love can be divided endlessly, and still not diminish.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.Anne Morrow Lindbergh