653 Quotes by Mary Oliver

The GiftBe still, my soul, and steadfast.Earth and heaven both are still watchingthough time is draining from the clockand your walk, that was confident and quick,has become slow.So, be slow if you must, but letthe heart still play its true part.love still as once you loved, deeplyand without patience. Let God and the worldknow you are grateful.That the gift has been given.

Fear defeated me. And yet,not in faith and not in madnessbut with the courage I thoughtmy dream deserved,I stepped outside.

God, rest in my heartand fortify me,take away my hunger for answers

How perfect to be aboard a ship withmaybe a hundred years still in my pocket.But it's late, for all of us,and in truth the only ship there isis the ship we are all onburning the world as we go.

And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?

Things!Burn them, burn them! Make a beautifulfire! More room in your heart for love,for the trees! For the birds who ownnothing—the reason they can fly.

Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules

Look, hasn't my body already felt like the body of a flower?

It's not a competition, it's a doorway.