“To know that she could not be near God in peace and love without fulfilling certain mental conditions — that he would… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion. — 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
“The claim that hung over him haunted his very life, turning the currents of his thought into channels of speculation unknown before.… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Our minds are small because they are faithless,' I said to myself. 'If we had faith in God our hearts would share… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
But more impressive than the facts and figures as to height, width, age, etc., are the entrancing beauty and tranquility that pervade… — 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
“The main practical difficulty, with some at least of the Peace-makers, is how to carry themselves toward the undoers of peace, the… — 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