Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

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

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

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

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

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...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

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...

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 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 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...

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....

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...