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title: "33 May Quotes By George MacDonald"
description: "33 May quotes by George MacDonald. Plus more from George MacDonald and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-may-be-infinitely-worse-to-refuse-to-forgive-than-to-murder-because/)

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> [We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/we-must-do-the-thing-we-must-before-the-thing-we-may-we-are-unfit-for/)

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> [It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-matters-little-where-a-man-may-be-at-this-moment-the-point-is/)

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> [One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/one-of-the-grandest-things-in-having-rights-is-that-though-they-are/)

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> [Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/doubt-may-be-a-poor-encouragement-to-do-anything-but-it-is-a-bad/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/a-condition-which-of-declension-would-indicate-a-devil-may-of-growth/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/a-fairytale-is-not-an-allegory-there-may-be-allegory-in-it-but-it-is/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-both-church-and-fairy-tale-belong-to-humanity-they-may/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [As cold as everything looks in winter, the sun has not forsaken us. He has only drawn away for a little, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/as-cold-as-everything-looks-in-winter-the-sun-has-not-forsaken-us-he/)

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> [There is no cheating in nature and the simple unsought feelings of the soul. There must be a truth involved in it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/there-is-no-cheating-in-nature-and-the-simple-unsought-feelings-of/)

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> [They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/they-will-pressure-you-into-doing-things-that-may-be-unsafe-use-your/)

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> [Oh, I believe that there is no away; that no love, no life, goes ever from us; it goes as He went,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/oh-i-believe-that-there-is-no-away-that-no-love-no-life-goes-ever/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [The ideal is the only absolute real; and it must become the real in the individual life as well, however impossible they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-ideal-is-the-only-absolute-real-and-it-must-become-the-real-in/)

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> [Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/forgiveness-is-the-giving-and-so-the-receiving-of-life-the-latter-may/)

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> [Two people may be at the same spot in manners and behaviour, and yet one may be getting better, and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/two-people-may-be-at-the-same-spot-in-manners-and-behaviour-and-yet/)

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> [What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/what-a-man-is-lies-as-certainly-upon-his-countenance-as-in-his-heart/)

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> [How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/how-many-people-would-like-to-be-good-if-only-they-might-be-good/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/what-god-may-hereafter-require-of-you-you-must-not-give-yourself-the/)

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> [Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/let-me-if-i-may-be-ever-welcomed-to-my-room-in-winter-by-a-glowing/)

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> [He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/he-may-delay-because-it-would-not-be-safe-to-give-us-at-once-what-we/)

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> [It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-is-vain-to-think-that-any-weariness-however-caused-any-burden/)

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> [Love me, beloved; Hades and Death Shall vanish away like a frosty breath; These hands, that now are at home in thine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/love-me-beloved-hades-and-death-shall-vanish-away-like-a-frosty/)

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> [In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-very-truth-a-wise-imagination-which-is-the-presence-of-the-spirit/)

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> [ \[God desires\] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship,"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/god-desires-not-that-he-may-say-to-them-look-how-mighty-i-am-and-go/)

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> [A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/a-man-may-sink-by-such-slow-degrees-that-long-after-he-is-a-devil-he/)

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> [But God lets men have their playthings, like the children they are, that they may learn to distinguish them from true possessions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/but-god-lets-men-have-their-playthings-like-the-children-they-are/)

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> [But, for as cold and wretched as it looks, the sun has not forsaken it. He has only drawn away from it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/but-for-as-cold-and-wretched-as-it-looks-the-sun-has-not-forsaken-it/)

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> [He (God) can be revealed only to the child; perfectly, to the pure child only. All the discipline of the world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/he-god-can-be-revealed-only-to-the-child-perfectly-to-the-pure-child/)

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> [It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-may-be-an-infinitely-less-evil-to-murder-a-man-than-to-refuse-to/)

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> [No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-words-can-express-how-much-the-world-owes-to-sorrow-most-of-the/)

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> [Except the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus make a man sick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/except-the-light-of-the-knowledge-of-the-glory-of-god-in-the-face-of/)

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> [Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call reality? -- not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/why-are-all-reflections-lovelier-than-what-we-call-reality-not-so/)

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> [The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-region-belonging-to-the-pure-intellect-is-straitened-the/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by George MacDonald

> [“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-revelation-can-be-other-than-partial-if-for-true-revelation-a-man/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-low-theologies-hell-is-invariably-the-deepest-truth-and-the-love/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Life and religion are one, or neither is any thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/life-and-religion-are-one-or-neither-is-any-thing/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-region-belonging-to-the-pure-intellect-is-straitened-the/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/come-then-affliction-if-my-father-wills-and-be-my-frowning-friend-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/ah-what-is-it-we-send-up-thither-where-our-thoughts-are-either-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-must-learn-to-be-strong-in-the-dark-as-well-as-in-the-day-else/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/few-delights-can-equal-the-mere-presence-of-one-whom-we-trust-utterly/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-have-tasted-of-death-now-said-the-old-man-is-it-good-it-is-good/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-wish-i-had-made-that-song-no-i-don-t-that-would-be-to-take-it-from/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Past tears are present strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/past-tears-are-present-strength/)

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> [Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/age-is-not-all-decay-it-is-the-ripening-the-swelling-of-the-fresh/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [I want to help you grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-want-to-help-you-grow-as-beautiful-as-god-meant-you-to-be-when-he/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Immeasurably imperfect it was, but false the impression could not be, for she saw with the eyes made for seeing, and saw indeed what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/immeasurably-imperfect-it-was-but-false-the-impression-could-not-be/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Those that hope little cannot grow much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/those-that-hope-little-cannot-grow-much/)

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                        "text": "It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by bowing the neck to the yoke of the Father's will. There can be no other rest for heart and soul than He has created. From every burden, from every anxiety, from all dread of shame or loss, even loss of love itself, that yoke will set us free.",
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                        "text": "Love me, beloved; Hades and Death Shall vanish away like a frosty breath; These hands, that now are at home in thine, Shall clasp thee again, if thou art still mine; And thou shalt be mine, my spirit's bride, In the ceaseless flow of eternity's tide, If the truest love thy heart can know Meet the truest love that from mine can flow. Pray God, beloved, for thee and me, That our sourls may be wedded eternally.",
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                        "text": "In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have; for it is not the things we see the most clearly that influence us the most powerfully; undefined, yet vivid visions of something beyond, something which eye has not seen nor ear heard, have far more influence than any logical sequences whereby the same things may be demonstrated to the intellect. It is the nature of the thing, not the clearness of its outline, that determines its operation. We live by faith, and not by sight.",
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