Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Any human being has private thoughts.

Mind is a door that leads you outside in the world; meditation is the door that leads you to your interiority - to the very innermost shrine of your being.

He had been (Thinking? Praying?) It was all the same thing.

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement.

Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

I definitely have to pray and spend a lot of time by myself when I can.

I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my own consciousness. That will align me for the rest of the day.

[Prayer] takes no time, but it occupies all our time.

I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there's not much time to go to church. But there's other ways to be spiritual, too.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit.

Meditation is the most significant because it opens the door for all other significant things: love, prayer, God, light, music, poetry.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.