Moderation is the basis of justice. George MacDonald More Quotes by George MacDonald More Quotes From George MacDonald Those that hope little cannot grow much. George MacDonald grows littles 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 home men thinking 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 god kindness lying 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 cutting children thinking 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 haste successful men God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness. George MacDonald loveliness fingers mold A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. George MacDonald allegory fairytale may I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea George MacDonald caverns soul sea 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 stars soul morning Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin... wickedness has made you ugly. George MacDonald wickedness beautiful art Endurance must conquer, where force could not reach. George MacDonald conquer endurance force 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 men war past 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-is vision light Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. George MacDonald moving-on strong life 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 fit speech mind 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 nice people thinking 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 doe men lying The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love. George MacDonald stage and-love kingdoms Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain. George MacDonald fate rain clouds In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other. George MacDonald hate heart lying
