A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.
— Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), Schriftstellerin
Source: A Circle of Quiet (1972)
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding, Relationships & Family
Occasions: For Reflection
Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) war eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin und langjährige Writer-in-Residence an der episkopalen Kathedrale Saint John the Divine in New York City. Bekannt durch ihren Jugendbuchklassiker „A Wrinkle in Time“ sowie theologische Essays, verband sie den christlichen Glauben eng mit Naturwissenschaft, Kunst und der Bedeutung des Zweifelns. Für Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk Impulse zur Verbindung von Intellekt und geistlichem Leben, stieß jedoch in konservativ-evangelikalen Kreisen wegen universalistischer Tendenzen auf theologische Kritik.
All quotes by Madeleine L'Engle (30)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson