“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness… — Anne Lamott Discomfort Copy Share Image
“Life is change and what we need is muscle, flexibility, and awareness.” — Anne Lamott Change Copy Share Image
What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that… — Anne Lamott Bigs Copy Share Image
Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in. — Anne Lamott Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Are you born again?" he asked, as we taxied down the runway. He was rather prim and tense, maybe a little like… — Anne LaMott Christian Copy Share Image
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. — Anne Lamott Everything Copy Share Image
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity. — Anne Lamott Equanimity Copy Share Image
The writer is a person who is standing apart, like the cheese in 'The Farmer in the Dell' standing there alone but… — Anne Lamott Binoculars Copy Share Image
At some point I started getting published, and experienced a meager knock-kneed standing in the literary world, and I started to get… — Anne Lamott Anxiety Copy Share Image
if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to. — Anne Lamott Feels Copy Share Image
“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about… — Anne Lamott Better day Copy Share Image
“You can't find your true voice and peer behind the door and report honestly and clearly to us if your parents are… — Anne Lamott First place Copy Share Image
I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up.… — Anne Lamott Advantage Copy Share Image
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch… — Anne Lamott Done Copy Share Image
“I recognize the divinity in you, but actually more like, I recognize our each-otherness, instantly” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“It's always the same old problem: how to find ourselves in the great yammering of ego and tragedy and discomfort and obsession… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Having a child as a single mother was a crucible - maybe this is true for all parents. I got rid of… — Anne Lamott Airplane Copy Share Image
Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that… — Anne Lamott Animation Copy Share Image
I have a terrible time during elections. I am way too politically involved. I absolutely never argue politics with anyone, as it… — Anne Lamott Arguing Copy Share Image
“He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shine through like crazy, the… — Anne Lamott Beauty Copy Share Image
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a… — Anne Lamott Bigs Copy Share Image
