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

“In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.”

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

“Meg, don't you think you'd make a better adjustment to life if you faced facts?”

“We cannot always cry at the right time”

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

“Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.”

“Live. For Now. For the time being.”

“He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.”

“Do you believe in UFOs?’ I’m always struck by how the question is phrased, the suggestion that this is a matter of belief and not of evidence. I’m almost never asked, ‘How good is the evidence that UFOs are alien spaceships?”

“The friend is a human Eden”

“Who ignores not weak foe, with intellect waits for his opportunity,”

“To struggle against darkness is not to blunder ignorantly; intelligence is needed to generate right action.”