“There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

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American writer 1918–2007

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

“Asceticism is an excess indulged in by those who exaggerate the transcendent aspect of reality. Instead, the rational mystic does not recognize any antithesis between the secular and the sacred. Nothing is to be rejected; everything is to be raised.”

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

“I am incarnate—and we all may share this awareness, seeing that there is but one God and one identity—I am incarnate in the earth, in all the animate forms of the earth, and in my human form. My human form was created so that I might be consciously incarnate. Being consciously incarnate, I may be unrestricted in the expression of myself and in the fulfilment of my purposes according to my will.”

Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter (1909–1988) Marquess of Exeter

Thus It Is, 1989, p. 151
As of a Trumpet, On Eagle's Wings, Thus It Is

“I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love — nothing else.”

Nikos Kazantzakis book The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ (1951), p. 478

“I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee.”

Tom Robbins Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“Ain’t nothing an old man can do for me but bring me a message from a young one.”

Moms Mabley (1894–1975) American comedian and actress

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