I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Topics: Women Quotes

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.

The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a...

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of...

Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of...

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

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

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow,...

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow,...

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient....

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient....

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

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

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in...

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a...

Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a...

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could...

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could...

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors...

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth