I am slowly coming to understand with all my heart as well as my head that love is not a feeling. It is a person.
— Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), Schriftstellerin
Source: A Circle of Quiet (1972)
Topics: Love, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Wisdom & Understanding
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)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard