Anne Lamott Quotes

The air we breathe is necessary to keep us alive, but we must continually breathe it out so we can breathe fresh air back into our lungs. God gives us his love, which we can keep in action by breathing it out to others, thus making room in our hearts for a fresh supply of love.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

We have so much love to give, and the more that we give, the more we receive.

It's not about me - it's like, "How can I help you?" And when you give like that, you receive so much. It was an incredible experience, but it also gave me that bug: I wanted new music so badly.

The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down

The sannyasin knows what it means to be an emperor, because he simply gives; he enjoys giving, he loves sharing. And the miracle of life is: the more you give the more you have.

Illumination is nothing if you do not share it with anyone. Illumination is about spreading light across entire nations. It's about wearing that crown that shines like the sun on your head and getting other minds to synergize with yours.

The ability to find sparks may be buried so deep in you that you stop believing there's a God. Until someone comes along, with so much light in her that you can't help but see your own, and when you're together,that light grows even brighter.

At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one.

What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

Love is my gift to the world. I fill myself with love, and I send that love out into the world.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!

Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.

There is a light within each person, and it lights up the whole universe. If it does not shine, there is darkness.

Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.

For here lies the pleasure of living: In taking God's bounties, and giving The gifts back again.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His food and His clothing in the world today. If we do not radiate the light of Christ around us, the sense of the darkness that prevails in the world will increase.

You're here to be LIGHT... Shine! Be generous with your lives.

Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill other people's needs. … The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God.

Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.