The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye. George MacDonald More Quotes by George MacDonald More Quotes From George MacDonald Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If I may not, let me think how nice they would be and bury myself in my work. I do not think that the road to contentment lies in despising what we have not got. Let us acknowledge all good, all delight that the worlds holds, and be content without it. George MacDonald nice summer lying Oh, I believe that there is no away; that no love, no life, goes ever from us; it goes as He went, that it may come again, deeper and closer and surer, and be with us always, even to the end of the world. George MacDonald life believe world We are not made for law, we are made for love. George MacDonald law made It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice. George MacDonald passion heart men When we understand the outside of things, we think we have them. Yet the Lord puts his things in subdefined, suggestive shapes, yielding no satisfactory meaning to the mere intellect, but unfolding themselves to the conscience and heart. George MacDonald shapes heart thinking Right gladly would He free them from their misery, but He knows only one way: He will teach them to be like himself, meek and lowly, bearing with gladness the yoke of His Father's will. This in the one, the only right, the only possible way of freeing them from their sin, the cause of their unrest. George MacDonald unrest yoke father 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. . . . Doubts must precede every deeper assurance; for uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed. George MacDonald faith doubt doors I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and speculate and try to feel, but he will not set himself to do. George MacDonald stupidity religious religion No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. George MacDonald burdens-of-life worry men To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly for a lower good. George MacDonald righteousness earth jesus There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection. George MacDonald differences growth dying To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. George MacDonald contentment power want All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy. George MacDonald all-things easy Come, come to Him who made thy heart; Come weary and oppressed; To come to Jesus is thy part; His part, to give thee rest. George MacDonald heart giving jesus In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. George MacDonald hell god-love lows The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in. George MacDonald miracle father jesus The face of the Son of God, who, instead of accepting the sacrifice of one of his creatures to satisfy his justice or support his dignity, gave himself utterly unto them, and therein to the Father by doing his lovely will; who suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their suffering might be like his, and lead them up to his perfection. George MacDonald suffering men son Faith is that which, knowing the Lord's will, goes and does it; or, not knowing it, stands and waits, content in ignorance as in knowledge, because God wills - neither pressing into the hidden future, nor careless of the knowledge which opens the path of action George MacDonald ignorance knowing faith The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind. George MacDonald progress behinds firsts All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children. George MacDonald wise heart children
