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
...though I cannot promise to take you home," said North Wind, as she sank nearer and nearer to the tops of the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?' 'No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would know him… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I am so tried by the things said about God. I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
And in thy own sermon, thou That the sparrow falls dost allow, It shall not cause me any alarm; For neither so… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said,… — 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
“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