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George MacDonald Quotes: If we knew as much about heaven as God does, we would clap our hands every time a Christian dies.
         

If we knew as much about heaven as God does, we would clap our hands every time a Christian dies.


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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.

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.



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.

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.



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

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



If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.



It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.



How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.





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A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing.

A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing.



Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.

Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.



I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better.

I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better.



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The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.



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Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.



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I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.



I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.



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When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.




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