To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“We are and remain such creeping Christians, because we look at ourselves and not at Christ;” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It's right to trust in God; but, if you don't stand to your halliards your craft'll miss stays, and your faith'll be… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
This is a wise, sane Christian faith: that a man commit himself, his life, and his hopes to God; that God undertakes… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
If those who had set themselves to explain the various theories of Christianity had set themselves instead to do the will of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
One chief cause of the amount of unbelief in the world is tha tthose who have seen something of the glory of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through him we might know his Father and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“But the more familiar one becomes with any religious system, while yet the conscience and will are unawakened and obedience has not… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It is not alone the first beginnings of religion that are full of fear. So long as love is imperfect, there is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“entrance of the Rev. Clement Sclater -- the minister of her parish, recently appointed. He was a man between young and middle-aged,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if He knows all that we need, and better far than… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“What Gibbie made of Mr. Sclater's prayers, either in congregational or family devotion, I am at some loss to imagine. Beside his… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The main practical difficulty, with some at least of the Peace-makers, is how to carry themselves toward the undoers of peace, the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“One of my greatest difficulties in consenting to think of religion was that I thought I should have to give up my… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
My spirits rose as I went deeper; into the forest; but I could not regain my former elasticity of mind. I found… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“His theories of religion were neither large nor lofty; he accepted those that were handed down to him, and did not trouble… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The thing that is unknown, yet known to be, will always be more or less formidable. When it is known as immeasurably… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Remember, if indeed thou art able to know it, that not in any church is the service done that he requires. He… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The whole history of the Christian life is a series of resurrections. . . . Every time we find our hearts are… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“That man is perfect in faith who can come to God in the utter dearth of his feelings and his desires, without… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Our minds are small because they are faithless,' I said to myself. 'If we had faith in God our hearts would share… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Spiritual Murder It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,… — George MacDonald Copy Share
In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. — George MacDonald Copy Share
The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the… — George MacDonald Copy Share
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share
Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace? — George MacDonald Copy Share
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave. — George MacDonald Copy Share
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.” — George MacDonald Copy Share
“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”… — George MacDonald Copy Share
“I wish I had [made that song]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all… — George MacDonald Copy Share
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. — George MacDonald Copy Share
I want to help you grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first. — George MacDonald Copy Share
“Immeasurably imperfect it was, but false the impression could not be, for she saw with the eyes made for seeing, and saw indeed what… — George MacDonald Copy Share
