You can safely assume that you've created God in y... -Anne Lamott

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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Anne Lamott is an American author known for her insightful and humorous writings on topics such as faith, spirituality, and personal growth. She has authored several bestselling books, including "Bird by Bird" and "Operating Instructions," and her work has resonated with readers around the world, offering wisdom and encouragement in navigating the complexities of life.

Anne Lamott Quotes to Explore

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus....
We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: bl...
Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage....
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a h...
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who i...
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless....
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens....
Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long ...
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: yo...
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good a...

God Quotes to Explore

I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back....
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face....
God's people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet b...
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride....
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God....
Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your ...
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God....
God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, ...
Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy....
You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord....