We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said.
George MacDonaldThe Root of All Rebellion: It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of thy liberty that we want a liberty of our own different from thine.
George MacDonaldWhat distressed me most - more even than my own folly - was the perplexing question, How can beauty and ugliness dwell so near?
George MacDonald