I saw thee ne'er before; I see thee never more; But love, and help, and pain, beautiful one, Have made thee mine,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
We should teach our children to think no more of their bodies when dead than they do of their hair when cut… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Here I should like to remark, for the sake of princes and princesses in general, that it is a low and contemptible… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken. — 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