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A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
George MacDonald
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George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
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It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.
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Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.
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The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
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In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.
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In Giving, a man receives more than he gives and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
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Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said, Do it! or once abstained because He said, Do not do it! It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.
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A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.
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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
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If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either.
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Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue.
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I came from God, and I'm going back to God, and I won't have any gaps of death in the middle of my life.
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A true friend is forever a friend.
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There are women who fly their falcons at any game, little birds and all.
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The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
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I believe in fate, never in chance.
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I am an emptiness for Thee to fill my soul a cavern for Thy sea
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The purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness.
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