George MacDonald Quotes

"God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven."

"Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes"

"Where did you get your eyes so blue? / Out of the sky as I came through."

"The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom."

"Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other"

"Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon the earth without a meet alloy."

"This is and has been the Father’s work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart."

"People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it."

"There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing"

"Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty"

"Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk."

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."

"Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood. Doubt must precede every deeper assurance."

"Really what they told us today is that number 7 should be running for the next couple of years."

"Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly."

"We're looking into conserving landfill space. We're looking to generate energy without relying on fossil fuel. So there's a lot of interest in using this waste stream and turning it into a beneficial product."

"The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done."

"To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power"

"Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon."

"Where did you come from, baby dear? / Out of the everywhere into here."