Quotes by May Sarton

Explore a curated collection of 33 quotes by May Sarton. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. — May Sarton
Where music thundered let the mind be still,Where the will triumphed let there be no will,What light revealed, now let t — May Sarton
For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pe — May Sarton
I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love. — May Sarton
Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels. — May Sarton
Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite. — May Sarton
I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, e — May Sarton
I am here alone for the first time in weeks, to take up my "real" life again at last. That is what is strange - that fri — May Sarton
Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember nothing stays the same for l — May Sarton
Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers. — May Sarton
The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of — May Sarton
Life comes in clusters clusters of solitude then clusters when there is hardly time to breathe. — May Sarton
Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another. — May Sarton
Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? — May Sarton
Each day and the living of it has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play — May Sarton
Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? — May Sarton
Help us to be the always hopeful gardeners of the spirit who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth as withou — May Sarton
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and al — May Sarton
What is destructive is impatience haste expecting too much too fast. — May Sarton
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much. — May Sarton