Quotes by : George MacDonald

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

A library cannot be made all at once, any more than a house or a nation or a tree; they must all take....

In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that....

Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is....

The principle part of faith is patience.

You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It....

The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.

It is not where one is, but in what direction he is going.

How much time is wasted in what is called thought, but is merely care--an anxious idling over the fancied....

The main secret of his progress, the secret of all wisdom, was, that with him action was the beginning....