A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
- George MacDonald Quote

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
- George MacDonald Quote

Attitudes are more important than facts.
- George MacDonald Quote

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
- George MacDonald Quote

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
- George MacDonald Quote

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
- George MacDonald Quote

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.
- George MacDonald Quote

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
- George MacDonald Quote

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.
- George MacDonald Quote

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.
- George MacDonald Quote

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
- George MacDonald Quote

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
- George MacDonald Quote

The principal part of faith is patience.
- George MacDonald Quote

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.
- George MacDonald Quote

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
- George MacDonald Quote

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
- George MacDonald Quote

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.
- George MacDonald Quote

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

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.
- George MacDonald Quote