Madeleine L Engle Famous Quotes
"Nothing is hopeless, we must hope for everything."
"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 our feet, and what is sand."
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."
A life lived in chaos is an impossibility...
We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
Madeleine L Engle Quotations
"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods."
Arthur Schopenhauer
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.
Jules Renard
A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.
Michael J Gelb
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."
Robert Frost
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr
"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential."
Rusty Berkus
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
William Feather
Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.
Joe Moore
"The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its author. If the poem can be improved by it's author's explanations it never should have been published, and if the poem cannot be improved by its author's explanations the explanations are scarcely worth reading."
Archibald MacLeish
"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."
Buddha