“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”
“Instead, we must focus on our hopes. If we cannot anchor ourselves in a belief that we will succeed, we have already been defeated.”
“It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.”
“That is why it is necessary for you to fasten your feelings to the earth—firmly, like attaching an anchor to a balloon.”
“We all flee in hope of finding some ground of security”
“In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to myself. Whatever the vacillations of other people, I thought myself terrifically constant. But now, here I am, dragging a frayed line, and my anchor gone.”