Anne Lamott is an American teacher, speaker, and author of numerous novels and nonfiction books. Her writings and teachings cover subjects such as faith, Christianity, and sobriety.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Indecision leads to inaction, which leads to low energy, depression, despair.
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The best apologies are short, and don’t go on to include explanations that run the risk of undoing them. An apology isn’t the only chance you ever get to address the underlying issue. The apology is the chance you get to establish the ground for future communication.
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.
No matter how simplified or complicated life gets, it can make us miserable or it can wake us up.
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Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into an idea, then into more tangible action.