Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak… — Anne Lamott Believe Copy Share Image
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. — Anne Lamott Discomfort Copy Share Image
“I started to cry then, and I cried for a long time without making much noise. I cried and cried like a… — Anne Lamott Long time Copy Share Image
We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing,… — Anne Lamott Lice Copy Share Image
“Your day’s work might turn out to have been a mess. So what? Vonnegut said, “When I write, I feel like an… — Anne Lamott Failure Copy Share Image
On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel… — Anne Lamott Fuel Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can… — Anne Lamott Fire Copy Share Image
“When we think we can do it all ourselves--fix, save, buy, or date a nice solution--it's hopeless. We're going to screw things… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.” — Anne Lamott Life Copy Share Image
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. — Anne Lamott Acceptance Copy Share Image
Everything was coming together by coming apart . . . It is the most difficult Zen practice to leave people to their… — Anne Lamott Breathing Copy Share Image
I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me. — Anne Lamott Glasses Copy Share Image
The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold… — Anne Lamott Blessing Copy Share Image
Close friendships are one of life's miracles - that a few people get to know you deeply, all your messy or shadowy… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work. — Anne Lamott Always Copy Share Image
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course. — Anne Lamott Hurdle Copy Share Image
I have been somebody who has not written a great deal about the truth of my family's life. — Anne Lamott Deals Copy Share Image
There are moments when I am writing when I think that if other people knew how I felt right now, they’d burn… — Anne Lamott Feelings Copy Share Image
Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In… — Anne Lamott Against all odds Copy Share Image
The problem with God - or at any rate, one of the top five most annoying things about God - is that… — Anne Lamott Annoying Copy Share Image
We cheated, you and me, and someone noticed. I noticed you; someone else noticed me. It hurts us. That's not so bad.… — Anne Lamott Cheat Copy Share Image
The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
The truth of my experience is that we are all a lot more alike than we are different. — Anne Lamott Different Copy Share Image
Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down. — Anne Lamott Laughing Copy Share Image
