Quotes about Journey
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Even travelling at the speed of light it would take us years and years to get here. Oh, we dont travel at the speed of anything, Mrs Whatsit explained earnestly. We tesser. Or you might say, we wrinkle.
— Madeleine L'Engle
We are going to your father, Mrs. Which said. But where is he? Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as though she were as young as Charles Wallace. Mrs. Whatsit answered in a voice that was low but quite firm. On a planet that has given in. So you must prepare to be very strong.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Only on love's terrible other side is found the place where lion and lamb abide. 'What's that? he asked sharply. something of Mado's. Marguerite Dominique de la Valeur Renier. She drew out the syllables lovingly. My husband's grandmother. Your great-great-grandmother. Love's terrible other side. The other side of the sun. You can't go around it, Theron. You have to go through it.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The answer has something to do with love. Love that has to go through darkness and pain and endurance and a stark acceptance before it can come out into the far light of the sun.
— Madeleine L'Engle
We'll never leave the solar system as long as we keep on thinking of time as a river flowing from one direction into the sea.
— Madeleine L'Engle
We tend, today, to want to have a road map of exactly where we are going. We want to know whether or not we have succeeded in everything we do. It's all right to want to know—we wouldn't be human if we didn't—but we also have to understand that a lot of the time we aren't going to know.
— Madeleine L'Engle
You were born for a reason and with a specific purpose in mind. You don't choose it, you discover it.
— Mensah Oteh
The greatest of tragedies is a life lived without knowing its purpose. Discover your purpose and life will take on a new meaning.
— Mensah Oteh
You don't choose your purpose, you simply discover it.
— Mensah Oteh
Love is revealed progressively.
— Mensah Oteh
Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.
— Matshona Dhliwayo