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George MacDonald Quotes

... it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness and sticks and spectacles and rheumatism and forgetfulness! It is so silly! Old age has nothing whatever to do with all that. The right old age means strength and beauty and mirth and courage and clear eyes and strong painless limbs Picture Quote #1

The boy should enclose and keep, as his life, the old child at the heart of him, and never let it go. He must still, to be a right man, be his mother’s darling, and more, his father’s pride, and more. The child is not meant to die, but to be forever fresh born Picture Quote #1

I’ve been thinking about it a great deal, and it seems to me that although one sixpence is as good as another sixpence, not twenty lambs would do instead of one sheep whose face you knew. Somehow, when once you’ve looked into anybody’s eyes, right deep down into them, I mean, nobody will do for that one anymore. Nobody, ever so beautiful or so good, will make up for that one going out of sight Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one’s duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures Picture Quote #1

The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the claims of this or that party in the church, they turn away with a smile such as men yield to the talk of children. They have no time, they would say, for that kind of thing. They have enough to do in trying to faithfully practice what is beyond dispute Picture Quote #1

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The ruin of a man’s teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon it wood, hay, and stubble, fit only to be burnt. Therefore, if only to avoid his worst foes, his admirers, a man should avoid system. The more correct a system the worse will it be misunderstood; its professed admirers will take both its errors and their misconceptions of its truths, and hold them forth as its essence Picture Quote #1

Two people may be at the same spot in manners and behaviour, and yet one may be getting better, and the other worse, which is the greatest of differences that could possibly exist between them Picture Quote #1

Alas! How easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep or a kiss too long, and then comes a mist and a weeping rain, and life is never the same again Picture Quote #1

What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the person and his condition at the time, could be assumed by the best good Picture Quote #1

... the regions where there is only life, and therefore all that is not music is silence Picture Quote #1

Where did you come from baby dear? Out of the everywhere into the here... Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the skies as I came through Picture Quote #1

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That which is in a man, not that which lies beyond his vision is the main factor in what is about to befall him: The operation upon him is the event Picture Quote #1

What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able to read it. The very intercourse with him may have rendered it more difficult Picture Quote #1

The direct foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero, and more Picture Quote #1

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work Picture Quote #1

The ideal is the only absolute real; and it must become the real in the individual life as well, however impossible they may count it who never tried it Picture Quote #1

The flaming rose gloomed swarthy red; the borage gleams more blue; and low white flowers, with starry head, glimmer the rich dusk through Picture Quote #1

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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 world holds, and be content without it Picture Quote #1

I wish it were never one’s duty to quarrel with anybody; I do so hate it: but not to do it sometimes is to smile in the devil’s face Picture Quote #1

Relative to getting rid of it, a fault is serious or not in proportion to the depth of its root rather than the amount of its foliage Picture Quote #1

They are not the best students who are most dependent on books. What can be got out of them is at best only material; a man must build his house for himself Picture Quote #1

For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man Picture Quote #1

There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins Picture Quote #1

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Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain Picture Quote #1

There is but one thing that can free a man from superstition, and that is belief. All history proves it. The most sceptical have ever been the most credulous Picture Quote #1

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... it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness and sticks and spectacles and rheumatism and forgetfulness! It is so silly! Old age has nothing whatever to do with all that. The right old age means strength and beauty and mirth and courage and clear eyes and strong painless limbs (George MacDonald Quotes) The boy should enclose and keep, as his life, the old child at the heart of him, and never let it go. He must still, to be a right man, be his mother’s darling, and more, his father’s pride, and more. The child is not meant to die, but to be forever fresh born (George MacDonald Quotes) I’ve been thinking about it a great deal, and it seems to me that although one sixpence is as good as another sixpence, not twenty lambs would do instead of one sheep whose face you knew. Somehow, when once you’ve looked into anybody’s eyes, right deep down into them, I mean, nobody will do for that one anymore. Nobody, ever so beautiful or so good, will make up for that one going out of sight (George MacDonald Quotes) 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 Quotes) What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one’s duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures (George MacDonald Quotes) The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the claims of this or that party in the church, they turn away with a smile such as men yield to the talk of children. They have no time, they would say, for that kind of thing. They have enough to do in trying to faithfully practice what is beyond dispute (George MacDonald Quotes) The ruin of a man’s teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon it wood, hay, and stubble, fit only to be burnt. Therefore, if only to avoid his worst foes, his admirers, a man should avoid system. The more correct a system the worse will it be misunderstood; its professed admirers will take both its errors and their misconceptions of its truths, and hold them forth as its essence (George MacDonald Quotes) Two people may be at the same spot in manners and behaviour, and yet one may be getting better, and the other worse, which is the greatest of differences that could possibly exist between them (George MacDonald Quotes) Alas! How easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep or a kiss too long, and then comes a mist and a weeping rain, and life is never the same again (George MacDonald Quotes) What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the person and his condition at the time, could be assumed by the best good (George MacDonald Quotes) ... the regions where there is only life, and therefore all that is not music is silence (George MacDonald Quotes) Where did you come from baby dear? Out of the everywhere into the here... Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the skies as I came through (George MacDonald Quotes) That which is in a man, not that which lies beyond his vision is the main factor in what is about to befall him: The operation upon him is the event (George MacDonald Quotes) What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able to read it. The very intercourse with him may have rendered it more difficult (George MacDonald Quotes) The direct foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero, and more (George MacDonald Quotes) The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work (George MacDonald Quotes) The ideal is the only absolute real; and it must become the real in the individual life as well, however impossible they may count it who never tried it (George MacDonald Quotes) The flaming rose gloomed swarthy red; the borage gleams more blue; and low white flowers, with starry head, glimmer the rich dusk through (George MacDonald Quotes) 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 world holds, and be content without it (George MacDonald Quotes) I wish it were never one’s duty to quarrel with anybody; I do so hate it: but not to do it sometimes is to smile in the devil’s face (George MacDonald Quotes) Relative to getting rid of it, a fault is serious or not in proportion to the depth of its root rather than the amount of its foliage (George MacDonald Quotes) They are not the best students who are most dependent on books. What can be got out of them is at best only material; a man must build his house for himself (George MacDonald Quotes) For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man (George MacDonald Quotes) There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins (George MacDonald Quotes) Every soul has a landscape that changes with the wind that sweeps the sky, with the clouds that return after its rain (George MacDonald Quotes) There is but one thing that can free a man from superstition, and that is belief. All history proves it. The most sceptical have ever been the most credulous (George MacDonald Quotes)

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