Quotes from Anne Lamott
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
- Anne Lamott
A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.
- Anne Lamott
There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.
- Anne Lamott
I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help, Thanks, Wow.
- Anne Lamott
The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.
- Anne Lamott
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Anne Lamott
'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
- Anne Lamott
Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer.
- Anne Lamott
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.
- Anne Lamott
Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
- Anne Lamott
Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
- Anne Lamott
Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
- Anne Lamott