783 Quotes by George MacDonald

The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes.

You must give him time,' said her grandmother;'and you must be content not to be believed for a while. It is very hard to bear; but I have had to bear it, and shall have to bear it yet. I will take care of what Curdie thinks of you in the end. You must let him go now.

Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind.

Primarily, God is not bound to punish sin; he is bound to destroy sin.The only vengeance worth having on sinis to make the sinner himself its executioner.

I seemed alone with Death absolute! It was not the absence of everything I felt, but the presence of Nothing.The darkness knows neither the light nor itself; only the light knows itself and the darkness also. None but God hates evil and understand it.

The greatest obscuration of the words of the Lord, as of all true teachers, comes from those who give themselves to interpret rather than do them. Theologians have done more to hide the gospel of Christ than any of its adversaries.

those whose business it is to open doors, so often mistake and shut them

It is the one terrible heresy of the church, that it has always been presenting something else than obedience as faith in Christ.

Heed not thy feeling. Do thy work.