Quotes by George MacDonald
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In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellow men
A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other
I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us
But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms.
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.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved
God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it
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.
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