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Giving Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
- As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of the Universe are inseparable. To…
- Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side…
- 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,…
- Give the public the 'image' of what it thinks it ought to be, or what television commercials or glossy magazine ads have convinced us we…
- It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under…
- 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…
- We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where…
- George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God…
- An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.
- If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.
- It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.
- If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.
- Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!
- Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?
- Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding…
- what I must learn is to love with all of me, giving all of me, and yet remain whole in myself. Any other kind of…
- An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously…
- Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give…
- Meg, I give you your faults." "My faults!" Meg cried. "Your faults." "But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!" "Yes," Mrs. Whatsit…
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi