Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born: 01-01-1906
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an acclaimed American author and aviator, renowned for her poignant reflections on life and womanhood. Born in 1906, she was the wife of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and co-piloted numerous flights. Her best-known work, "Gift from the Sea" (1955), offers timeless insights into the complexities of balancing personal and professional roles. Lindbergh's literary contributions continue to inspire readers with their depth and grace.
Book summaries for books written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Quotes
The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.
Woman must be the pioneer in this turning inward for strength. In a sense, she has always been the pioneer.
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach—waiting for a gift from the sea.
The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
The light shed by any good relationship illuminates all relationships.
Woman must come of age by herself.
One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.
Patience—the ability to stand where you are, to hold one’s ground—patience is what the sea teaches.
The problem is really a theological one, and the answer must be theological, too.