As Christ is the blossom of humanity, so the blossom of every man is Christ perfected in him. — 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
In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A man is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself. — 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
There is but one thing that can free a man from superstition, and that is belief. All history proves it. The most… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good. — 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
He (God) can be revealed only to the child; perfectly, to the pure child only. All the discipline of the world is… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God is the God of the animals in a far lovelier way, I suspect, than many of us dare to think, but… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study… — 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
Except the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus make a man sick of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Common people, whether lords or shop-keepers, are slow to understand that possession, whether in the shape of birth or lands or money… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I would not favour a fiction to keep a whole world out of hell. The hell that a lie would keep any… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
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
Then the Old Man of the Earth stooped over the floor of the cave, raised a huge stone from it, and left… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God Himself - His thoughts, His will, His love, His judgments are men's home. To think His thoughts, to choose His will,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she not saved from… — 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
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
I learned that it is better, a thousandfold , for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen 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
They are not the best students who are most dependent on books. What can be got out of them is at best… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I learned that he that will be a hero will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In the midst of death we are in life. Life is the only reality; what men call death is but a shadow... — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one… — 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
But God lets men have their playthings, like the children they are, that they may learn to distinguish them from true possessions.… — 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
![“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)
