But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it. George MacDonald More Quotes by George MacDonald More Quotes From George MacDonald God Himself - His thoughts, His will, His love, His judgments are men's home. To think His thoughts, to choose His will, to judge His judgments, and thus to know that He is in us, with us, is to be at home. George MacDonald homementhinking When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awe-inspiring loving-kindness. George MacDonald godkindnesslying We should teach our children to think no more of their bodies when dead than they do of their hair when cut off, or of their old clothes when they have done with them. George MacDonald cuttingchildrenthinking No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful. George MacDonald hastesuccessfulmen God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness. George MacDonald lovelinessfingersmold A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. George MacDonald allegoryfairytalemay I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea George MacDonald cavernssoulsea 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 revelation they are-if he be such, I say, he will stand, for more than a moment, speechless with something akin to that which made the morning stars sing together. George MacDonald starssoulmorning Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin... wickedness has made you ugly. George MacDonald wickednessbeautifulart Endurance must conquer, where force could not reach. George MacDonald conquerenduranceforce It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talking or brooding about it, much less in making, for form's sake, a parade of it. Better and healthier to forget it, and look to tomorrow.The celebrated British stiff upper lip, the resolve to conceal emotion which is not only embarrassing and useless, but harmful, is just plain commons sense George MacDonald menwarpast What I would say is this, that the light is not blinding because God would hide, but because the truth is too glorious for our vision. George MacDonald truth-isvisionlight Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. George MacDonald moving-onstronglife I begin indeed to fear that I have undertaken an impossibility, undertaken to tell what I cannot tell because no speech at my command will fit the forms in my mind. George MacDonald fitspeechmind How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not like goodness well enough to hunger and thirst after it, or to sell all that they have that they may buy it; they will not batter at the gate of the kingdom of heaven; but they look with pleasure on this or that aerial castle of righteousness, and think it would be rather nice to live in it. George MacDonald nicepeoplethinking To say on the authority of the Bible that God does a thing no honourable man would do, is to lie against God; to say that it is therefore right, is to lie against the very spirit of God. George MacDonald doemenlying The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love. George MacDonald stageand-lovekingdoms Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain. George MacDonald faterainclouds In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other. George MacDonald hateheartlying But when we are following the light, even its extinction is a guide. George MacDonald extinctionguideslight
