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George MacDonald Quotes

George MacDonald quotes

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

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George MacDonald quote: "Trust is born in love, and our need is to love God, not..."
Trust is born in love, and our need is to love God, not apprehendfacts concerning him. George MacDonald
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
Often in the summer, as I go to or come from the vestry, I sit downfor a moment on the turf that covers my old friend Rodgers, and thinkthat this body of mine is everyday moldering away, til it shall fall aheap of dust into it's appointed place. But what is that to me? It isto me the drawing nigh of the fresh morning of life when I shall beyoung and strong again, glad in the presence of the wise and beloveddead, and unspeakably glad in the presence of God. George MacDonald
But we believe? nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly. For pain and hope and all that led or drove. Us back into the bosom of thy love. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. George MacDonald
It would hardly be kindness if he didn't punish sin, not to use every means to put the evil thing far from us. Whatever may be meant by the place of misery Mr. Sutherland, it's only another form of his love. Love shining through the fogs of evil, and thus made to look very different. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes."
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes. George MacDonald
For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds. George MacDonald
It may seem strange that one with whom I had held so little communion should have so engrossed my thoughts, but benefits conferred awaken love in some minds, as surely as benefits received in others. George MacDonald
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
Her heart - like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away - was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come..."
It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another. George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "You doubt because you love truth."
You doubt because you love truth. George MacDonald
My spirits rose as I went deeper; into the forest; but I could not regain my former elasticity of mind. I found cheerfulness to be like life itself - not to be created by any argument. Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do their worst; to let them lie and gnaw at your heart till they are tired; and you find you still have a residue of life they cannot kill. So, better and worse, I went on, till I came to a little clearing in... George MacDonald
George MacDonald quote: "We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well."
We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. George MacDonald

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