Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

American - Writer June 22, 1906 - February 7, 2001

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh