783 Quotes by George MacDonald

When a feeling was there, they felt as if it would never go; when it was gone they felt as if it had never been; when it returned, they felt as if it had never gone.

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.

That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?

It is the soul that makes the body. When we are sons of God in heart and soul, then shall we be the sons of God in body too: "we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is".

Seeing is not believing, it is only seeing,”George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.

You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity)

The main secret of his progress, the secret of all wisdom, was, that with him action was the beginning and end of thought.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.