"our country in general assumes that "the pursuit……" — Madeleine L'Engle
"our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good."
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324 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle has 324 quotes on this site.
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I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A…
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To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be…
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A new year can begin only because the old year ends.
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Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief.…
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To be born is to start the journey towards death.
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Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow.
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Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted…
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Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"
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There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but…
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As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of…
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When I look at the galaxies on a clear night - when I look at the incredible brilliance of creation,…
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I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the…
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
— Dean Acheson
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Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon…
— Deepak Chopra
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It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the…
— Jimmy Cannon
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to…
— Jerry Bridges
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That…
— Theodore Dwight Weld
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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of…
— Douglas MacArthur
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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
— William Shakespeare
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English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy…
— James Anthony Froude
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Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But…
— Dan Barker
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Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to…
— John Cage
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If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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