NEWSWEEK: So to you, faith is not a comfort?
MADELEINE L'ENGLE: Good heavens, no. It's
a challenge: I dare you to believe in God
NEWSWEEK: Many people see faith as anti-intellectual.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE: Then they're not very bright. It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity.
Chesterton echoed some of L'Engle's ideas, but years before she was born.
Love means to love that which is unloveable, or it is no virtue at all;
forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all;
faith means believing the unbelievable, or it is no virtue at all;
and to hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE: Good heavens, no. It's
a challenge: I dare you to believe in GodNEWSWEEK: Many people see faith as anti-intellectual.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE: Then they're not very bright. It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE May 17, 2004 Newsweek
L'Engle also said, 'If the book will be too difficult for grownups, then you write it for children.'
She was author of more than 60 books, including A Wrinkle in Time and some that adults could read.
She was author of more than 60 books, including A Wrinkle in Time and some that adults could read.
Chesterton echoed some of L'Engle's ideas, but years before she was born.
Love means to love that which is unloveable, or it is no virtue at all;
forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all;
faith means believing the unbelievable, or it is no virtue at all;
and to hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all.
G.K. Chesterton
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