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Such Quotes by George MacDonald
- To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such instances men seize,…
- One who not merely beholds the outward shows of things, but catches a glimpse of the soul that looks out of them, whose garment and…
- The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon it wood, hay,…
- Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out…
- Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
- I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside…
- We are and remain such creeping Christians, because we look at ourselves and not at Christ; because we gaze at the marks of our own…
- I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from…
- In moments of doubt I cry, ‘Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?’ ‘Whence then came thy dream?’ answers Hope.
- Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great deal more of…
- The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the…
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- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like… — Rudolf Arnheim
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough