God Quote by Madeleine L'Engle — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.”

“Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.”

“Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?”

“But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.”

“Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”

“It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds.”

“When the mountains you have to climb are too high, invite the God of all might, and with Him by your side, you shall conquer them one by one.”

“A Short Testament”

“Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.”

“...I am not, however, militant in my atheism. The great English theoretical physicist”

“Love and prayer are two different expressions of the same energy. Love is more earthly, whole prayer is more unearthly, but the  experiences are the same. Love is more limited, because it aperson-to-person experience. Prayer is unlimited. It is from person to the impersonal existence.”

“The gift of Christmas is the answer to everything for which there is no answer.”