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George MacDonald [1824-1905] Scottish

Rank: 101
Poet (with poems), Author

Children, Christian, Fantasy

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll.

Trust, Age, Attitude, Death, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Friendship, Future, God, Nature, Patience, Politics, Power, Sympathy, Wisdom, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.	Trust	101
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.	Death, Fear	102
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.		103
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.		104
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.	Sympathy, Work	105
Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.	God	106
The principle part of faith is patience.	Faith, Patience	107
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.		108
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.	Friendship	109
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.	Nature, Politics	110
Attitudes are more important than facts.	Attitude	111
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.	Trust	112
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.	Power	113
I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.		114
Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.		115
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.	Age	116
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.		117
Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.		118
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.	Future	119
We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.		120
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.	Wisdom	121
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.		122
It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.		123
Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.		124
The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.		125
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.		126
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.		201
There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.		202
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.	Forgiveness	203
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.		204

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