Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
We have to do with God, to whom no one can look without the need of being good waking up in his… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Now and then, when I look round on my books, they seem to waver as if a wind rippled their solid mass,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
As cold as everything looks in winter, the sun has not forsaken us. He has only drawn away for a little, for… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
But, for as cold and wretched as it looks, the sun has not forsaken it. He has only drawn away from it… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
For the bliss of the animals lies in this, that, on their lower level, they shadow the bliss of those--few at any… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
One who not merely beholds the outward shows of things, but catches a glimpse of the soul that looks out of them,… — 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
Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
[God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship,"… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
We are and remain such creeping Christians, because we look at ourselves and not at Christ; because we gaze at the marks… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not… — 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
![“[God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship," for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get…” quote by George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad4/george-macdonald-295_can-not_god-desires-not-that-he-may-say-to-them_2732298.jpg)
![“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 that.' 'What makes it yours?' 'I love it so.' 'Does loving a thing make it yours?' 'I think so, Mother -- at least more than anything else can. . . . Love makes the only myness,' said…” quote by George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/722/george-macdonald-295_love_i-wish-i-had-made-that-song-no-i-don-t-t_35103.jpg)
