For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that material possessions and experiences are temporary, whereas the things that have true significance, like love and faith, last forever.
Madeleine L'Engle's quote emphasizes the contrast between the transient nature of the physical world and the enduring quality of the spiritual and emotional realms. It encourages individuals to focus on what truly matters—relationships, values, and beliefs—rather than becoming overly attached to fleeting material items or situations. This perspective invites a deeper reflection on the nature of existence and encourages a prioritization of the intangible aspects of life, which ultimately define our legacy.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about focusing on relationships rather than material possessions.
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.
Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.
Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way
It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.
Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him; and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which he was, or to his spirit, during his abode in the world.
The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself.
Mr. Lyell's system of geology is just half the truth, and no more. He affirms a great deal that is true, and he denies a great deal which is equally true; which is the general characteristic of all systems not embracing the whole truth.
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