In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is to the man who is trying to live, to the man who is obedient to the word of the Master,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
No man has the mind of Christ, except him who makes it his business to obey him. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is… — 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
All that man sees has to do with man. Worlds cannot be without an intermundane relationship. The community of the centre of… — 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
This is a wise, sane Christian faith: that a man commit himself, his life, and his hopes to God; that God undertakes… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is a happy thing for us that this is really all we have to concern ourselves about--what to do next. No… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want 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