Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

Lie on your back and look at the stars.

The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.

Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.

Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.

It was the way she felt when she looked at the stars.

But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime... But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

There is no greater joy for me than looking at the sky on a clear night with an attention so concentrated that all my other thoughts disappear; then one can think that the stars enter into one's soul.

I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

I often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars above the tree.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.

e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

What inspires me is the universe.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

The sight of stars makes me dream.

But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.

...and I went into the garden and lay down and looked at the stars in the sky and made myself negligible.

Tall oaks branch charmed by the earnest stars Dream and so dream all night without a stir.

Then stars arise, and the night is holy.

The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing

A star is beautiful; it affords pleasure, not from what it is to do, or to give, but simply by being what it is. It befits the heavens; it has congruity with the mighty space in which it dwells. It has repose; no force disturbs its eternal peace. It has freedom; no obstruction lies between it and infinity.

From there we came outside and saw the stars

One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.