J. E. H. MacDonald Quotes
But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.
A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good churchman or a good dissenter and thinking himself a good Christian.
We should teach our children to think no more of their bodies when dead than they do of their hair when cut off, or of their old clothes when they have done with them.
A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.
It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.
You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity)
All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for...There seems no plan because it is all plan: there seems no centre because it is all centre.
If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence
Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue.
I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out of which to make anything; God is all in all, and he made us out of himself.
The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.
But, for as cold and wretched as it looks, the sun has not forsaken it. He has only drawn away from it a little, for good reasons, one of which is that we may learn that we cannot do without him.
A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.
What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able to read it. The very intercourse with him may have rendered it more difficult.
I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from simply knowing that such a creature was in it.
We all know the disappointments that come when we base anticipation on what we and other humans can deliver. God will never have a problem delivering!
God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God's sufficient Word.
What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one to which you can look forward. That's why you can hope.
Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
Your worst and most dangerous enemy is the person that injures you under the pretensions of friendship.
We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.
The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.
I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good.
If you watch that show and you didn't know it was called Seinfeld, you'd think it was called 'The George Costanza Show'.
I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.
Her heart - like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away - was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.
To cease to wonder is to fall plumb-down from the childlike to the commonplace—the most undivine of all moods intellectual. Our nature can never be at home among things that are not wonderful to us.
I like a little danger. Tame danger, controlled by me. It gives me a sense of power, I guess, to take my life in my hands and know damn well I’m not going to lose it.
When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.
I experience transcendence when something infinite reminds me I am finite.
Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves.
The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.
There are some stories you can't hear enough. They are the same every time you hear them. But you are not. That's one reliable way of understanding time.