783 Quotes by George MacDonald

For the bliss of the animals lies in this, that, on their lower level, they shadow the bliss of those--few at any moment on the earth--who do not 'look before and after, and pine for what is not,' but live in the holy carelessness of the eternal now.

The region of the senses is the unbelieving part of the human soul.

Except the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus make a man sick of his opinions, he may hold them to doomsday for me; for no opinion, I repeat is Christianity, and no preaching of any plan of salvation is the preaching of the glorious gospel of the living God.

The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love.

It is the heart that is not sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence.

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.

Light-leaved acacias, by the door, Stood up in balmy air, Clusters of blossomed moonlight bore, And breathed a perfume rare.