Anne (In Search of Wonder)

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
― Frederick Douglass

“How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.”
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints -to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony...”
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh