Madeleine L'Engle

The writings and books of Madeleine L'Engle. Author and Christian. (1918-2007).

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What is my own shadow? If we all had the ability to recognize our shadows we might not be driven by them.
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Sacrifice is no longer popular, but—it can lead to true joy. Even the simplest of unions does not come free. There is always sacrifice.

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Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.
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Love is what we do. One of the great victories of the Enemy is to persuade us that love is a feeling.
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I haven't lost any of my past & I am free to stand on the rock of all that the past has taught me as I look to the future.
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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I believe that God loved us so much that he came to us as a human being, as one of us, to show us His love.
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I can understand God only through one specific particular, the incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth.
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I who live by words think that some things are done better without words.
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We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all the way.
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If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending!
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We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about.
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In art—we are helped to remember some of the glorious things that we have forgotten and some of the terrible things we are asked to endure.

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There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises.
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There's nothing left except to try.
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My understanding of the Good News (Gospel) is that you're supposed to spread it—not keep it for those who already have it.
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We don��t have to know everything at once. We just do one thing at a time, as it is given us to do.
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Believing takes practice.
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You see, though we travel together, we travel alone.
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