A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

- George Macdonald

The love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self.

- George Macdonald

No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in a prison…

- George Macdonald

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

- George Macdonald

God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours... Do not be afraid.

- George Macdonald

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

- George Macdonald

In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.

- George Macdonald

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

- George Macdonald

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

- George Macdonald