George MacDonald
George MacDonald
George MacDonaldwas a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 December 1824
To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear
A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.
Obedience is the key to every door.
One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.
To try to be brave is to be brave.
No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.
It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.
The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind.