Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man. Anne Morrow Lindbergh More Quotes by Anne Morrow Lindbergh More Quotes From Anne Morrow Lindbergh The beach is not the place to work; to read, write or think. Anne Morrow Lindbergh writing beach thinking You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation. Anne Morrow Lindbergh gratitude appreciation inspirational It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. Anne Morrow Lindbergh uphill-climbs courage long Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me. Anne Morrow Lindbergh holiday strong winter Nothing feeds the center of being so much as creative work. Anne Morrow Lindbergh creative-work creativity creative For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. Anne Morrow Lindbergh flower spring happiness Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me. Anne Morrow Lindbergh dream inspirational love Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim. Anne Morrow Lindbergh pitcher thirsty quiet ...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real security is... living in the present and accepting it as it is now. Anne Morrow Lindbergh growth real love If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Anne Morrow Lindbergh self-respect real friendship What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it—like a secret vice! Anne Morrow Lindbergh solitude practice civilization A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. Anne Morrow Lindbergh music silence teacher Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars. Anne Morrow Lindbergh stars night memories What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wise running baby One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh gratitude thank-you motivational The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you just now, prisoners fawning on you for favors, for wind and light. But now, we are free. We are up! We are off! Like someone singing ecstatically, climbing, soaring- a sustained note of power and joy. Anne Morrow Lindbergh climbing light wind To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. Anne Morrow Lindbergh angel helping-others inspirational Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery - the epitome of breaking into new worlds. Anne Morrow Lindbergh flying discovery adventure When the heart is flooded with love there is no room in it for fear, for doubt, for hesitation. Anne Morrow Lindbergh doubt heart inspirational Why is it that you can sometimes feel the reality of people more keenly through a letter than face to face? Anne Morrow Lindbergh letters reality people
