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George MacDonald quotes: Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not. Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not.
George MacDonald quotes: Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls. Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was the
business only of the clergy to care for souls.
George MacDonald quotes: Beauty and sadness always go together. Beauty and sadness always go together.
George MacDonald quotes: I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea
George MacDonald quotes: Where is the good of planning upon an "if?" To trust is to get ready, uncle says. Trust is better than foresight. Where is the good of planning upon an "if?" To trust is to get ready, uncle says. Trust is better than foresight.
George MacDonald quotes: From the neglect of a real duty, she became the slave of a false one. From the neglect of a real duty, she became the slave of a false one.
George MacDonald quotes: Affliction is but the shadow of God's wing. Affliction is but the shadow of God's wing.
George MacDonald quotes: No one is likely to remember what is entirely uninteresting to him. No one is likely to remember what is entirely uninteresting to him.
George MacDonald quotes: A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.
George MacDonald quotes: And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing towards decay. And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing towards decay.
George MacDonald quotes: That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him: That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him:
George MacDonald quotes: Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing. Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.
George MacDonald quotes: The time for speaking seldom arrives, the time for being never departs. The time for speaking seldom arrives, the time for being never departs.
George MacDonald quotes: The more people trust in God, the less will they trust their own judgments, or interfere with the ordering of events. The more people trust in God, the less will they trust their own judgments, or interfere with the ordering of events.
George MacDonald quotes: The causing of the little ones to offend hangs a fearful woe about the neck of the causer. The causing of the little ones to offend hangs a fearful woe about the neck of the causer.
George MacDonald quotes: It is the heart that is not sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence. It is the heart that is not sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence.
George MacDonald quotes: God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness. God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness.
George MacDonald quotes: This is in the very nature of things: obedience alone places a man in the position in which he can see so as to judge that which is above him. This is in the very nature of things: obedience alone places a man in the position in which he can see so as to judge that which is above him.
George MacDonald quotes: They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried for.' They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried for.'
George MacDonald quotes: You allowed me existence, which is the sum of what one can demand of his fellow-beings You allowed me existence, which is the sum of what one can demand of his fellow-beings
George MacDonald quotes: I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow. I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow.
George MacDonald quotes: Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on. Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.
George MacDonald quotes: Books are but dead bodies to you, and a library nothing but a catacomb! Books are but dead bodies to you, and a library nothing but a catacomb!
George MacDonald quotes: Grave doubts as to whether I was in my place in the church, would keep rising and floating about, like rain-clouds within me. Grave doubts as to whether I was in my place in the church, would keep rising and floating about, like rain-clouds within me.
George MacDonald quotes: Nobody does anything bad all at once. Wickedness needs an apprenticeship as well as more difficult trades. Nobody does anything bad all at once. Wickedness needs an apprenticeship as well as more difficult trades.
George MacDonald quotes: As to the pure all things are pure, so the common mind sees far more vulgarity in others than the mind developed in genuine refinement. As to the pure all things are pure, so the common mind sees far more vulgarity in others than the mind developed in genuine refinement.
George MacDonald quotes: In moments of doubt I cry, 'Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?' 'Whence then came thy dream?' answers Hope. In moments of doubt I cry, 'Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?'

'Whence then came thy dream?' answers Hope.
George MacDonald quotes: She began to learn that nothing is dead, that there cannot be a physical abstraction, that nothing exists for the sake of the laws of its phenomena. She began to learn that nothing is dead, that there cannot be a physical abstraction, that nothing exists for the sake of the laws of its phenomena.
George MacDonald quotes: The honour is to be a servant of men, whom God thought worth making, worth allowing to sin, and worth helping out of it at such a cost. The honour is to be a servant of men, whom God thought worth making, worth allowing to sin, and worth helping out of it at such a cost.
George MacDonald quotes: ... for nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it; ... for nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it;
George MacDonald quotes: Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald quotes: In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does . In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does .
George MacDonald quotes: The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more. The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
George MacDonald quotes: All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy. All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy.
George MacDonald quotes: If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either. If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either.
George MacDonald quotes: Contempt is murder committed by the intellect, as hatred is murder committed by the heart. Contempt is murder committed by the intellect, as hatred is murder committed by the heart.
George MacDonald quotes: But when we are following the light, even its extinction is a guide. But when we are following the light, even its extinction is a guide.
George MacDonald quotes: Obedience is the key to every door. Obedience is the key to every door.
George MacDonald quotes: Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken. Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.
George MacDonald quotes: It needs brains to be a real fool. It needs brains to be a real fool.
George MacDonald quotes: I dare not say with Paul that I am the slave of Christ, but my highest aspiration and desire is to be the slave of Christ. I dare not say with Paul that I am the slave of Christ, but my highest aspiration and desire is to be the slave of Christ.
George MacDonald quotes: A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks. A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.
George MacDonald quotes: All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come. All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come.
George MacDonald quotes: Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin ... wickedness has made you ugly. Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin ... wickedness has made you ugly.
George MacDonald quotes: I had chosen the dead rather than the living, the thing thought rather than the thing thinking. I had chosen the dead rather than the living, the thing thought rather than the thing thinking.
George MacDonald quotes: That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense? That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean."
"Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?
George MacDonald quotes: For God alone is our salvation; to know him is salvation. He is in us all the time, else we could never move to seek him. For God alone is our salvation; to know him is salvation. He is in us all the time, else we could never move to seek him.
George MacDonald quotes: Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.
George MacDonald quotes: I believe that no hell will be lacking which would help the just mercy of God to redeem his children. I believe that no hell will be lacking which would help the just mercy of God to redeem his children.
George MacDonald quotes: For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man. For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man.
George MacDonald quotes: True business can never be left in any shop. It is a care, white or black, that sits behind every horseman. True business can never be left in any shop. It is a care, white or black, that sits behind every horseman.
George MacDonald quotes: Joy's a subtil elf. I think man's happiest when he forgets himself. Joy's a subtil elf. I think man's happiest when he forgets himself.
George MacDonald quotes: I was a bookworm then, but when I came to know it, I woke among the butterflies. I was a bookworm then, but when I came to know it, I woke among the butterflies.
George MacDonald quotes: All is loss that comes between us and Christ. All is loss that comes between us and Christ.
George MacDonald quotes: It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity. It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
George MacDonald quotes: The purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness. The purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness.
George MacDonald quotes: The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
George MacDonald quotes: Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure. Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.
George MacDonald quotes: To hear one talk is better than to see one. To hear one talk is better than to see one.
George MacDonald quotes: The back door of every tomb opens on a hilltop. The back door of every tomb opens on a hilltop.
George MacDonald quotes: Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale. Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale.
George MacDonald quotes: Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom. Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
George MacDonald quotes: Love makes all safe. Love makes all safe.
George MacDonald quotes: The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world just because it tells me the story of Jesus. The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world just because it tells me the story of Jesus.
George MacDonald quotes: What does God want me to do?", not "What will God do if I do so and so? What does God want me to do?", not "What will God do if I do so and so?
George MacDonald quotes: If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead. If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.
George MacDonald quotes: For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen the better part. For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen the better part.
George MacDonald quotes: A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer. A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
George MacDonald quotes: One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up
George MacDonald quotes: The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love. The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love.
George MacDonald quotes: It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of Mammon than some rich men. It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of Mammon than some rich men.
George MacDonald quotes: One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.
George MacDonald quotes: If man could do what in his wildest self-worship he can imagine, the grand result would be that he would be his own God, which is the Hell of Hells. If man could do what in his wildest self-worship he can imagine, the grand result would be that he would be his own God, which is the Hell of Hells.
George MacDonald quotes: Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue. Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue.
George MacDonald quotes: I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good. I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.
George MacDonald quotes: The year's fruit must fall that the next year's may come, and the winter is the only way to the spring. The year's fruit must fall that the next year's may come, and the winter is the only way to the spring.
George MacDonald quotes: Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty. Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.
George MacDonald quotes: The mind of the many is not the mind of God. The mind of the many is not the mind of God.
George MacDonald quotes: VISITORS FROM THE HALL. VISITORS FROM THE HALL.
George MacDonald quotes: Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them. Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them.
George MacDonald quotes: her - nobody but Sarah; her - nobody but Sarah;
George MacDonald quotes: He had come to think that so long as a man wants to do right he may go where he can: when he can go no further, then it is He had come to think that so long as a man wants to do right he may go where he can: when he can go no further, then it is not the way.
George MacDonald quotes: A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it. A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
George MacDonald quotes: In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other. In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.
George MacDonald quotes: But a man may then imagine in your work what he pleases, what you never meant!Not what he pleases, but what he can. But a man may then imagine in your work what he pleases, what you never meant!
Not what he pleases, but what he can.
George MacDonald quotes: If I be a child of God, I must be like him, even in the matter of creative energy. If I be a child of God, I must be like him, even in the matter of creative energy.
George MacDonald quotes: It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald quotes: It is the heart that is unsure of its God that is afraid to laugh. It is the heart that is unsure of its God that is afraid to laugh.
George MacDonald quotes: The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.
George MacDonald quotes: The question is not at present, however, of removing mountains, a thing that will one day be simple to us, but of waking and rising from the dead now. The question is not at present, however, of removing mountains, a thing that will one day be simple to us, but of waking and rising from the dead now.
George MacDonald quotes: And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay. And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay.
George MacDonald quotes: His little heart was so full of merriment that it could not hold it all, and it ran over into theirs. His little heart was so full of merriment that it could not hold it all, and it ran over into theirs.
George MacDonald quotes: There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins. There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins.
George MacDonald quotes: Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain. Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain.
George MacDonald quotes: sweeter than joy itself, for the heart of the laugh was love. sweeter than joy itself, for the heart of the laugh was love.
George MacDonald quotes: Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion. Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.
George MacDonald quotes: There is endless room for rebellion against ourselves. There is endless room for rebellion against ourselves.
George MacDonald quotes: Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere and into here. Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere and into here.
George MacDonald quotes: A devil - "A power that lives against its life A devil - "A power that lives against its life
George MacDonald quotes: whoever is diligent will soon be cheerful, whoever is diligent will soon be cheerful,

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