We are dwellers in a divine universe where no desires are in vain - if only they be large enough.
George MacDonaldTo give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.
George MacDonaldThe part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.
George MacDonaldThe purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness.
George MacDonald