LET A MAN THINK AND CARE ever so little about God, he does not therefore exist without God. God is here with… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Remember, then, that whoever does not mean good is always in danger of harm. But I try to give everybody fair play,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
What does God want me to do?”, not “What will God do if I do so and so? — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does . — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Truth is a very different thing from fact; it is the loving contact of the soul with spiritual fact, vital and potent.… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
To say on the authority of the Bible that God does a thing no honourable man would do, is to lie against… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
To free a man from suffering, he must be set right, put in health; and the health at the root of man's… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
He who is faithful over a few things is a lord of cities. It does not matter whether you preach in Westminster… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
If we knew as much about heaven as God does, we would clap our hands every time a Christian dies. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Faith is that which, knowing the Lord's will, goes and does it; or, not knowing it, stands and waits, content in ignorance… — 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 Image
In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image