---
title: "25 Believe Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle"
description: "25 Believe quotes by Madeleine L'Engle. Plus more from Madeleine L'Engle and more Believe sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png"
---

> [Believing takes practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/believing-takes-practice/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png)

> [I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can-come-about-except-through/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can_735778.png)

> [That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody-the-way-they-play-or-don-t/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody_481363.png)

> [We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to-believe-that-behind-the/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/madeleine-l-engle-345_behinds_we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to_2200551.png)

> [The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-the-understanding-that-life-2/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-t_1947236.png)

> [I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a-stage-when-i-will-say-this-is/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/madeleine-l-engle-345_alive_i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a_3176472.png)

> [I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether-it-is-a-work-of-great-genius/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/madeleine-l-engle-345_art_i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether_702877.png)

> [It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-people-who-use-god-s-name-most/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-p_2851888.png)

> [No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-writing-to-be-if-the-reader/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-w_2503608.png)

> [When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-becomes-possible-and-we-can-do/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeleine-l-engle-345_all-kinds_when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-bec_216715.png)

> [“But if I knew everything, there would be no wonder, because what I believe in is far more than I know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be-no-wonder-because-what-i/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be_2667029.png)

> [She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-she-couldn-t-seem-to-believe/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-s_1577370.jpg)

> [A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try-to-coerce-you-to-believe-it/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/madeleine-l-engle-345_agree_a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try_2849125.png)

> [In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course-we-were-asked-why-he-used/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/madeleine-l-engle-345_adjectives_in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course_1635376.png)

> [“How do I make more than a fumbling attempt to explain that faith is not legislated, that it is not a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attempt-to-explain-that-faith-is/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attem_3109283.jpg)

> [It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-white-queen-we-practiced/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/madeleine-l-engle-345_action_it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-whit_749205.jpg)

> [I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the readers ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-important-than-answers-and-the/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/madeleine-l-engle-345_answers_i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-i_2014135.png)

> [It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of view. One boy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refuse-to-listen-who-will-not/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/madeleine-l-engle-345_adults_it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refu_954058.jpg)

> [Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-but-without-passion-in-the-2/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/madeleine-l-engle-345_anguish_those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-bu_600875.png)

> [In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poetry-called-the-sonnet-there/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poet_351641.png)

> [What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glorious-that-it-is-beyond-finite/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/madeleine-l-engle-345_accepted_what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glor_2883289.png)

> [Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance-even-for-those-of-us-who/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/madeleine-l-engle-345_angel_don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance_1522590.png)

> [I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-look-for-good-and-not-for-evil/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/madeleine-l-engle-345_acknowledge_i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-l_993002.jpg)

> [I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishment-to-go-on-interminably-any/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishme_952925.png)

> [We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudly-discrediting-what-they-2/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudl_2311698.png)

## Other authors on Believe

## More by Madeleine L'Engle

> [“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/one-of-the-hardest-lessons-i-have-to-learn-is-how-not-to-be/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/inspiration-more-often-comes-during-the-work-than-before-it-because/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to-be-written-and-if-the-book/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/severe-illness-isolates-those-in-close-contact-with-it-because-it/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/goodness-has-never-been-a-guarantee-of-safety/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/faith-is-what-makes-life-bearable-with-all-its-tragedies-and/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [“Instead of rejoicing in this glorious “impossible” which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/instead-of-rejoicing-in-this-glorious-impossible-which-gives-meaning/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-have-never-lived-before-until-this-summer-i-did-not-know-what-it/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [On the other side of pain, there is still love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/on-the-other-side-of-pain-there-is-still-love/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/to-love-is-to-be-vulnerable-and-it-is-only-in-vulnerability-and-risk/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-was-the-most-horrible-the-most-repellent-thing-she-had-ever-seen/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-feel-as-though-i-m-not-breathing-when-i-m-out-of-his-presence-he-s/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/rather-than-feeling-lost-and-unimportant-and-meaningless-set-against/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all been said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/my-husband-is-my-most-ruthless-critic-sometimes-he-will-say-it-s-been/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

> [If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/if-we-aren-t-capable-of-being-hurt-we-aren-t-capable-of-feeling-joy/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/#itemlist",
            "name": "25 Believe Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle",
            "numberOfItems": 25,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Believing takes practice.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/believing-takes-practice/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Believing takes practice.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can-come-about-except-through/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can_735778.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can_735778.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-do-not-believe-that-true-optimism-can_735778.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody-the-way-they-play-or-don-t/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody_481363.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody_481363.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody_481363.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to-believe-that-behind-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/madeleine-l-engle-345_behinds_we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to_2200551.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/madeleine-l-engle-345_behinds_we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to_2200551.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/madeleine-l-engle-345_behinds_we-do-not-have-to-understand-in-order-to_2200551.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-the-understanding-that-life-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-t_1947236.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-t_1947236.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_the-beginning-of-our-happiness-lies-in-t_1947236.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, \"This is what I believe. Finished.\" What I believe is alive ... and open to growth",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a-stage-when-i-will-say-this-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/madeleine-l-engle-345_alive_i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a_3176472.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/madeleine-l-engle-345_alive_i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a_3176472.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/madeleine-l-engle-345_alive_i-do-not-think-that-i-will-ever-reach-a_3176472.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, \"This is what I believe. Finished.\" What I…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says, \"Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me.\"",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether-it-is-a-work-of-great-genius/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/madeleine-l-engle-345_art_i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether_702877.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/madeleine-l-engle-345_art_i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether_702877.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/madeleine-l-engle-345_art_i-believe-that-each-work-of-art-whether_702877.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-people-who-use-god-s-name-most/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-p_2851888.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-p_2851888.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_it-strikes-me-as-somewhat-odd-that-the-p_2851888.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-writing-to-be-if-the-reader/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-w_2503608.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-w_2503608.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_no-matter-how-true-i-believe-what-i-am-w_2503608.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-becomes-possible-and-we-can-do/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeleine-l-engle-345_all-kinds_when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-bec_216715.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeleine-l-engle-345_all-kinds_when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-bec_216715.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeleine-l-engle-345_all-kinds_when-we-believe-in-the-impossible-it-bec_216715.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“But if I knew everything, there would be no wonder, because what I believe in is far more than I know.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be-no-wonder-because-what-i/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be_2667029.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be_2667029.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_but-if-i-knew-everything-there-would-be_2667029.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“But if I knew everything, there would be no wonder, because what I believe in is far more than I know.” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it was because she was a star, not just because of her herself, and she always had to be reassured.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-she-couldn-t-seem-to-believe/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-s_1577370.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-s_1577370.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_she-always-had-to-have-someone-to-love-s_1577370.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is . It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try-to-coerce-you-to-believe-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/madeleine-l-engle-345_agree_a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try_2849125.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/madeleine-l-engle-345_agree_a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try_2849125.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/madeleine-l-engle-345_agree_a-great-piece-of-literature-does-not-try_2849125.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he did any of these things. That isn't the way people write.' I believe this as strongly now as I did then. Most of what is best in writing isn't done deliberately.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course-we-were-asked-why-he-used/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/madeleine-l-engle-345_adjectives_in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course_1635376.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/madeleine-l-engle-345_adjectives_in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course_1635376.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/madeleine-l-engle-345_adjectives_in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course_1635376.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“How do I make more than a fumbling attempt to explain that faith is not legislated, that it is not a small box which works twenty-four hours a day? If I 'believe' for two minutes once every month or so, I'm doing well.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attempt-to-explain-that-faith-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attem_3109283.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attem_3109283.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_how-do-i-make-more-than-a-fumbling-attem_3109283.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“How do I make more than a fumbling attempt to explain that faith is not legislated, that it is not a small…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-white-queen-we-practiced/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/madeleine-l-engle-345_action_it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-whit_749205.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/madeleine-l-engle-345_action_it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-whit_749205.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/madeleine-l-engle-345_action_it-might-be-a-good-idea-if-like-the-whit_749205.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the readers ask questions. And every new question is going to disturb someone's universe.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-important-than-answers-and-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/madeleine-l-engle-345_answers_i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-i_2014135.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/madeleine-l-engle-345_answers_i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-i_2014135.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/madeleine-l-engle-345_answers_i-believe-that-good-questions-are-more-i_2014135.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of view. One boy would not get it through his head that for all adults God is not an old man in a white beard sitting on a cloud. As far as this boy was concerned, this old gentleman was the adult's god, and therefore he did not believe in God.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refuse-to-listen-who-will-not/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/madeleine-l-engle-345_adults_it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refu_954058.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/madeleine-l-engle-345_adults_it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refu_954058.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/madeleine-l-engle-345_adults_it-isn-t-always-the-middle-aged-who-refu_954058.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-but-without-passion-in-the-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/madeleine-l-engle-345_anguish_those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-bu_600875.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/madeleine-l-engle-345_anguish_those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-bu_600875.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/madeleine-l-engle-345_anguish_those-who-believe-they-believe-in-god-bu_600875.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s a very strict rhythm or meter…And each line has to end with a rigid pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way, it is not a sonnet…But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wants…You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poetry-called-the-sonnet-there/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poet_351641.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poet_351641.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poet_351641.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 21,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by a purposeful, benign Creator is one thing. To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason. It is so wild that it terrifies some Christians who try to dogmatize their fear by lashing out at other Christians, because tidy Christianity with all answers given is easier than one which reaches out to the wild wonder of God's love, a love we don't even have to earn.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glorious-that-it-is-beyond-finite/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/madeleine-l-engle-345_accepted_what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glor_2883289.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/madeleine-l-engle-345_accepted_what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glor_2883289.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/madeleine-l-engle-345_accepted_what-i-believe-is-so-magnificent-so-glor_2883289.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 22,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Don't be afraid...\" We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing.\"",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance-even-for-those-of-us-who/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/madeleine-l-engle-345_angel_don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance_1522590.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/madeleine-l-engle-345_angel_don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance_1522590.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/madeleine-l-engle-345_angel_don-t-be-afraid-we-need-this-reassurance_1522590.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Don't be afraid...\" We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 23,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call up evil, while heaven comes closer when we acknowledge it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-look-for-good-and-not-for-evil/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/madeleine-l-engle-345_acknowledge_i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-l_993002.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/madeleine-l-engle-345_acknowledge_i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-l_993002.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/madeleine-l-engle-345_acknowledge_i-believe-that-consistently-we-need-to-l_993002.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 24,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishment-to-go-on-interminably-any/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishme_952925.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishme_952925.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_i-cannot-believe-that-god-wants-punishme_952925.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 25,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Madeleine L'Engle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudly-discrediting-what-they-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudl_2311698.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudl_2311698.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_we-do-not-draw-people-to-christ-by-loudl_2311698.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are…” — Madeleine L'Engle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/",
            "name": "Believe Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/madeleine-l-engle-345_believe_believing-takes-practice-2955569_2955569.png"
            },
            "description": "25 Believe quotes by Madeleine L'Engle. Plus more from Madeleine L'Engle and more Believe sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Believe",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Madeleine L'Engle",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/madeleine-l-engle/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
