Inspirational Quotes by George MacDonald
“They that stand high have many blasts to shake 275 them, 276 And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.”
“Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York;”
“SECOND MURDERER Look behind you, my lord. 279 FIRST MURDERER Take that, and that. (Stabs him.)”
“HENRY, EARL OF RICHMOND: True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings, Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.”
“On thee, the troubler of the poor world's peace! The worm of conscience still be-gnaw thy soul! Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou liv'st, And take deep traitors for thy dearest friends!”
“Cwædon þæt he wære wyruld-cyninga, manna mildust ond mon-ðwærust, leodum liðost ond lof-geornost.”
“God is God to us not that we may say he is, but that we may know him; and when we know him, then we are with him, at home, at the heart of the universe, the heirs of all things.”
“In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.”
“Have you forgiven me?' I asked. 'How can I say I have, when I never had anything to forgive?' 'Well then, I must go unforgiven for I cannot forgive myself.' I said. 'O Mrs. Percivale! If you think how the world is flooded with forgiveness, you will just dip in your cup, and take what you want.”
“No gift unrecognized as coming from God is at its own best: therefore many things that God would gladly give us, things even that we need because we are, must wait until we ask for them, that we may know whence they come: when in all gifts we find Him, then in Him we shall find all things.”
“...as no one can be just without love, so no one can truly report without understanding.”
“those whose business it is to open doors, so often mistake and shut them”
“Where is the good of planning upon an "if?" To trust is to get ready, uncle says. Trust is better than foresight.”
“Many a wrong, and it's curing song, many a road, and many an inn, Room to roam, but only one home, for all the world to win. George MacDonald, (Lilith)”
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“One who not merely beholds the outward shows of things, but catches a glimpse of the soul that looks out of them ...”
“I never heard of her loving anybody but herself, and I do not think she could have managed that if she had not somehow got used to herself.”
“The play’s the thing [600] Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King. [”
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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.