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Quiet Quotes by Anne Lamott
- You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.…
- Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
- I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and…
- I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you…
- I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been…
- For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,…
- Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to do…
- and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...
- We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed…
More Quiet Quotes
- Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed. — Neil Armstrong
- Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. — Saint Augustine
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to… — Robert Ballard
- American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan
- Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,… — Lynda Barry
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become… — Joseph Addison
- Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
- That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. — Aphra Behn
- From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the… — Hilaire Belloc