George MacDonald (1824-1905)

Quotes

• To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.

• Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

• It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellow men.

• Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

• God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it.

• In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

• The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.

• To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.

• There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.

• When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.