783 Quotes by George MacDonald

God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth.

And when heart and head go together, nothing can stand before them.

There is one kind of religion in which the more devoted a man is, the fewer proselytes he makes: the worship of himself.

That is, we are responsible only for our actions, not for their results. Trust first in God, then in John Day.

Then first I knew the delight of being lowly; of saying to myself, “I am what I am, nothing more.

Some dreams, some poems, some musical phrases, some pictures, wake feelings such as one never had before, new in colour and form – spiritual sensations, as it were, hitherto unproved.

God is just like Jesus – exactly like him!

At length she gently pushed me away, and with the words, “Go, my son, and do something worth doing,” turned back, and, entering the cottage, closed the door behind her. I felt very desolate as I went. CHAPTER.

My teacher taught me that the way for me to help others was not to tell them their duty, but myself to learn of Him who bore our griefs and carried our sorrows. As.