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“I am so tried by the things said about God. I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how he can be so patient with the pious!”

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George MacDonald

George MacDonald was a 19th-century Scottish author known for his fantasy literature and religious thought. His works had a profound influence on later writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. more

“Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind, equable man may turn bitter and crotchety: a man of good-will may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this sort happens to the Creator. He never becomes less truthful, or merciful, or just, or good, than He used to be.”

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Author:J. I. Packer

“As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.”

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Book:The Exemplary Life of the Pious Lady Guion

Source: The Exemplary Life of the Pious Lady Guion

“It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.”

World Soul This World Curmudgeon

Author:Nicolas Chamfort

“It is a maxim that will endure: To truly know the living God, this begets humility.”

Knows God Humility Endure Maxims Begets

Author:Miguel de Molinos

“We have to do with God, to whom no one can look without the need of being good waking up in his heart; to think about God is to begin to be good.”

Thinking Needs Looks Heart God Wake Up Be Good Waking Good God

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)

“I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone.”

God Found Roots

Author:Meera

“If you lose your reason, you lose it into the hands of God....It's the only place where anything is safe. And when you're dead it's only what's there you'll have. Nothing else.”

Ifs Reason God Hands Loses Safe Hands Of God

Author:Elizabeth Goudge

“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are details.”

“No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D.”

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Author:D. L. Hughley

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