“The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
God will not take shelter behind a jugglery of logic or metaphysics. He is neither a schoolman nor theologian, but our Father… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“In the windowless tomb of a blind mother, in the dead of the night, under feeble rays of a lamp in an… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Then came the reflection, how little at any time could a father do for the wellbeing of his children! The fact of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“No one, however strong he may feel his obligations, will ever be man enough to fulfill them except that he be a… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“But the praises of father or mother do our Selves good, and comfort them and make them beautiful.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“As the love of him who is love transcends ours as the heavens are higher than the earth, so must he desire… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“But her mother was one of those weakest of women who can never forget the beauty they once possessed, or quite believe… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
This is and has been the Father's work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The Lord of gladness delights in the laughter of a merry heart. These wedding guests could have done without wine, surely without… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Ah, but,' says the partisan of God, 'the Almighty stands in a relation very different from that of an earthly father: there… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The aspiring child is often checked by the dull disciple who has learned his lessons so imperfectly that he has never got… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“To do as God does, is to receive God; to do a service to one of his children is to receive the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for… — 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
