--- title: "4 Set free Quotes By George MacDonald" description: "4 Set free quotes by George MacDonald. Plus more from George MacDonald and more Set free sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/george-macdonald-295_banish_i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-powe_1244091.png" --- > [“I might here find the magic word of power to banish the demon and set me free, so that I should no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-power-to-banish-the-demon-and-set/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/george-macdonald-295_banish_i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-powe_1244091.png) > [“When once to a man the human face is the human face divine, and the hand of his neighbour is the hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/when-once-to-a-man-the-human-face-is-the-human-face-divine-and-the/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/george-macdonald-295_brethren_when-once-to-a-man-the-human-face-is-the_1267136.jpg) > [In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-short-a-man-must-be-set-free-from-the-sin-he-is-which-makes-him-do/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/george-macdonald-295_doe_in-short-a-man-must-be-set-free-from-the_1428620.png) > [To free a man from suffering, he must be set right, put in health; and the health at the root of man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/to-free-a-man-from-suffering-he-must-be-set-right-put-in-health-and/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/george-macdonald-295_doe_to-free-a-man-from-suffering-he-must-be_2238632.jpg) ## Other authors on Set free ## More by George MacDonald > [“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-revelation-can-be-other-than-partial-if-for-true-revelation-a-man/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-low-theologies-hell-is-invariably-the-deepest-truth-and-the-love/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Life and religion are one, or neither is any thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/life-and-religion-are-one-or-neither-is-any-thing/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-region-belonging-to-the-pure-intellect-is-straitened-the/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/come-then-affliction-if-my-father-wills-and-be-my-frowning-friend-a/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/ah-what-is-it-we-send-up-thither-where-our-thoughts-are-either-a/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-must-learn-to-be-strong-in-the-dark-as-well-as-in-the-day-else/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/few-delights-can-equal-the-mere-presence-of-one-whom-we-trust-utterly/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-have-tasted-of-death-now-said-the-old-man-is-it-good-it-is-good/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-wish-i-had-made-that-song-no-i-don-t-that-would-be-to-take-it-from/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Past tears are present strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/past-tears-are-present-strength/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/age-is-not-all-decay-it-is-the-ripening-the-swelling-of-the-fresh/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [I want to help you grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-want-to-help-you-grow-as-beautiful-as-god-meant-you-to-be-when-he/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [“Immeasurably imperfect it was, but false the impression could not be, for she saw with the eyes made for seeing, and saw indeed what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/immeasurably-imperfect-it-was-but-false-the-impression-could-not-be/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) > [Those that hope little cannot grow much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/those-that-hope-little-cannot-grow-much/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/set-free/george-macdonald/#itemlist", "name": "4 Set free Quotes By George MacDonald", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I might here find the magic word of power to banish the demon and set me free, so that I should no longer be a man beside myself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George MacDonald" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-power-to-banish-the-demon-and-set/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/george-macdonald-295_banish_i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-powe_1244091.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/george-macdonald-295_banish_i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-powe_1244091.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/george-macdonald-295_banish_i-might-here-find-the-magic-word-of-powe_1244091.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I might here find the magic word of power to banish the demon and set me free, so that I should no longer be…” — George MacDonald", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When once to a man the human face is the human face divine, and the hand of his neighbour is the hand of a brother, then will he understand what St Paul meant when he said, \"I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren.\" But he will no longer understand those who, so far from feeling the love of their neighbour an essential of their being, expect to be set free from its law in the world to come. There, at least, for the glory of God, they may limit its expansive tendencies to the narrow circle of their heaven. On its battlements of safety, they will regard hell from afar, and say to each other, \"Hark! Listen to their moans. But do not weep, for they are our neighbours no more.\" St Paul would be wretched before the throne of God, if he thought there was one man beyond the pale of his mercy, and that as much for God's glory as for the man's sake. And what shall we say of the man Christ Jesus? Who, that loves his brother, would not, upheld by the love of Christ, and with a dim hope that in the far-off time there might be some help for him, arise from the company of the blessed, and walk down into the dismal regions of despair, to sit with the last, the only unredeemed, the Judas of his race, and be himself more blessed in the pains of hell, than in the glories of heaven? 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