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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When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

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...

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...

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

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...

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen -...

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen -...

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

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...

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...

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

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

Duration is not a test of true or false.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

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...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...