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.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.
People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.
Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but generally it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps.
All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart.
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