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But I did feel, and passionately, that it wasn't fair of God to give us brains enough to ask the ultimate questions if he didn't intend to teach us the answers.
- Madeleine L'Engle
all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Are you fighting the Black Thing?" Meg asked. "Oh, yes," Aunt Beast replied. "In doing that, we can never relax. We are called according to His purpose, and whom He calls, them He also justifies. Of course we have help, and without help it would be much more difficult.
- Madeleine L'Engle
There're a lot of things you don't understand. Zachary smoldered his gaze at me. I came looking for you, and then when I found out where you were, suddenly it didn't seem worth it. It wasn't you. It was everything and nothing. Life. Ma's death. Talking to anybody. Not worth it
- Madeleine L'Engle
Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever really done For Heaven and the future's sakes.
- Madeleine L'Engle
We are the called according to His purpose, and whom He calls, them He also justifies. Of course we have help, and without help it would be much more difficult.
- Madeleine L'Engle
My daughter, I am not a Mrs Whatsit, a Mrs Who, or a Mrs Which. Yes, Calvin has told me everything he could. I am a human being, and a very fallible one. But I agree with Calvin. We were sent here for something. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Madeleine L'Engle
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen, just that it matters. It matters not just to us but to the entire universe.
- Madeleine L'Engle
When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe. A fara or a man or a star has his place in the universe, but nothing created is the center.
- Madeleine L'Engle
we can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
- Madeleine L'Engle
We were sent here for something. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Madeleine L'Engle