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Famous George MacDonald Quotes
Source: Hope of the Gospel
“It is the heart that is unsure of its God that is afraid to laugh.”
Source: The Marquis' Secret
“The back door of every tomb opens on a hilltop.”
Source: Weighed and Wanting
“In the hardest winter the roots are sill alive in the frozen ground.”
Source: England's Antiphon
Source: England's Antiphon
“Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.”
“A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear”
Source: SIR GIBBIE & DONAL GRANT: The Baronet’s Song and The Shepherd’s Castle (Adventure Classic)
“If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.”
Source: The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more
Source: The World of George Macdonald: Selections from His Works of Fiction
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
“There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
