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George MacDonald Quotes

George MacDonald quotes

Scottish Novelist, Poet December 10, 1824 – September 18, 1905

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Then the Old Man of the Earth stooped over the floor of the cave, raised a huge stone from it, and left it leaning. It disclosed a great hole that went plumb-down. That is the way," he said. But there are no stairs." You must throw yourself in. There is no other way. George MacDonald
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
George MacDonald quote: "It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that..."
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "All words, then, belonging to the inner world of the mind, are..."
All words, then, belonging to the inner world of the mind, are of the imagination, are originally poetic words. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without..."
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. George MacDonald
We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said. George MacDonald
But words are vain; reject them al? They utter but a feeble part: Hear thou the depths from which they call, The voiceless longing of my heart. George MacDonald
What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "I tell you, there are more worlds, and more doors to them,..."
I tell you, there are more worlds, and more doors to them, than you will think of in many years! George MacDonald
When a feeling was there, they felt as if it would never go; when it was gone, they felt as if it had never been; when it returned, they felt as if it had never gone. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things..."
Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "The man that feareth, Lord, to doubt, In that fear doubteth thee."
The man that feareth, Lord, to doubt, In that fear doubteth thee. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "No story ever really ends, and I think I know why."
No story ever really ends, and I think I know why. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "There is no slave but the creature that wills against its..."
There is no slave but the creature that wills against its Creator. George MacDonald
There was no pride, pomp, or circumstance of glorious war in this poor, domestic strife, this seemingly sordid and unheroic, miserably unheroic, yet high, eternal contest! George MacDonald

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