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
Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.
What does God want me to do?”, not “What will God do if I do so and so?
We are not made for law, we are made for love.
In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over
One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it.
There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.
But when we are following the light, even its extinction is a guide.
The birds, the poets of the animal creation - what though they never get beyond the lyrical! - awoke to utter their own joy, and awake like joy in others of God's children.
But more impressive than the facts and figures as to height, width, age, etc., are the entrancing beauty and tranquility that pervade the forest, the feelings of peace, awe and reverence that it inspires.
Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.
The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.
But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it.
In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.