“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
“Foolish is the man, and there are many such men, who would rid himself or his fellows of discomfort by setting the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less.” — 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
“For when you say that, to be saved, a man must hold this or that, then are you leaving the living God… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that… — 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
All about us, in earth and air, wherever the eye or ear can reach, there is a power ever breathing itself forth… — 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
People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“In the hardest winter the roots are sill alive in the frozen ground.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I would never speak about faith, but speak about the Lord himself - not theologically, as to the why and wherefore of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The perfection of His relation to us swallows up all our imperfections, all our defeats, all our evils; for our childhood is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It is the heart that is unsure of its God that is afraid to laugh.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Our God, we will trust thee. Shall we not find thee equal to our faith? One day, we shall laugh ourselves to… — 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
There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being. — 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
But there are not a few who would be indignant at having their belief in God questioned, who yet seem greatly to… — 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
