Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Anne Lamott Quotes: We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
         

We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.


Anne Lamott
Check all other quotes by Anne Lamott

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Anne Lamott Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/We-are-not-here-to-see-through-376908>.





Check out


Other quotes of Anne Lamott


Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.



I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.



Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.



Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.



... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]



Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.



Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.



Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.



I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.



Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.





Other quotes you may like


Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.



Only 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama was born in the United States. That's an amazing statistic. How come in America Christians are the only ones who won't take anything on faith?

Only 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama was born in the United States. That's an amazing statistic. How come in America Christians are the only ones who won't take anything on faith?



I like Mexico. I love the Mexican people. I do business with the Mexican people, but you have people coming through the border that are from all over. And they're bad. They're really bad.

I like Mexico. I love the Mexican people. I do business with the Mexican people, but you have people coming through the border that are from all over. And they're bad. They're really bad.



Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.



I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.

I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.



Satan never gets very far from the Bible. And every one of the cults, even Satanism, uses the Bible.

Satan never gets very far from the Bible. And every one of the cults, even Satanism, uses the Bible.



Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.



Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.



An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.

An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.



In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.

In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.". Author of this quote is Anne Lamott. This quote is about cooperation,.