Anne Lamott Quotes

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn't nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.

We all have an inner teacher, an inner guide, an inner voice that speaks very clearly but usually not very loudly. That information can be drowned out by the chatter of the mind and the pressure of day-to-day events. But if we quiet down the mind, we can begin to hear what we're not paying attention to. We can find out what's right for us.

Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.

The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving voice within.

Trust your instinct. And if you can't tell what your instinct is telling you, learn how to peel back the noise in your life that is keeping you from hearing it.

Listen to the voice that speaks inside

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.

True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence far greater than the human mind.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.

And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.

Learn to listen and trust your inner voice

Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

The part of you that is unhampered by illusion-the illusion of time, the illusion of powerlessness, the illusion of impossibility-i s waiting for you to slow down and open up so that it can speak to your consciousness. In some unguarded moment, you will hear its wildly improbable words and know that they are guiding you home.

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.