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.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

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,...

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles...

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles...

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.

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops...

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops...

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....

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way...

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way...

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...

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

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

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

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.

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

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

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

Duration is not a test of true or false.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in...

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in...

The reality is that changes are coming. ...They must come. You must share in bringing...

The reality is that changes are coming. ...They must come. You must share in bringing...