Almost all the joyful things of life are outside the measure of IQ tests.
Interpretation
Joy in life often comes from experiences and relationships beyond intellectual measures.
This quote by Madeleine L'Engle emphasizes that true joy and fulfillment in life are derived from experiences, relationships, and emotions rather than being defined solely by intellectual capabilities measured through IQ tests. It suggests that happiness and meaningful moments cannot be quantified, as they often stem from love, creativity, and personal connections.
In practice
This quote can be quoted during a personal development seminar to emphasize the importance of personal experiences.
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.
If you equate happiness with success, you will never achieve the amount of success necessary to make you happy.
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.
I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.
Wherein lies happiness? In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with essence; till we shine, Full alchemizβd, and free of space. Behold The clear religion of heaven!
Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy And your mammy standin' by.
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