Seek contentment not happiness

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Here are some notable quotes by Annie Dillard, known for her profound reflections on nature, spirituality, and the human experience:

On Time and Life:

• "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
  (The Writing Life)

• "You can't test courage cautiously."
  (The Writing Life)

On Nature and Beauty:

• "We are here to abet creation and to witness it, to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed."
  (The Writing Life)

• "The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not."
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

• "Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place?"
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

On Writing and Creativity:

• "One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time."
  (The Writing Life)

• "Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case."
  (The Writing Life)

On Mystery and Wonder:

• "I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam."
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

• "The way we live our days is the way we live our lives."
  (The Writing Life)

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