Quote

Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.

George MacDonald

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
Author
Cleric
Journalist
Minister
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Bigs
Anything
Enough
Mind
Occupy
Hang
Minds
Prayer

More quotes by George MacDonald

Image
You will be dead so long as you refuse to die.
George MacDonald
Image
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald
Image
The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.
George MacDonald
Image
A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.
George MacDonald
Image
What does God want me to do?”, not “What will God do if I do so and so?
George MacDonald
Image
Heaven...a place where everything that is not music is silence.
George MacDonald
Image
God is the God of the animals in a far lovelier way, I suspect, than many of us dare to think, but he will not be the God of a man by making a good beast of him.
George MacDonald
Image
The holy spirit of the Spring Is working silently.
George MacDonald
Image
Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.
George MacDonald
Image
It needs brains to be a real fool.
George MacDonald
Image
For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds.
George MacDonald
Image
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
George MacDonald
Image
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.
George MacDonald
Image
The region of the senses is the unbelieving part of the human soul.
George MacDonald
Image
In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.
George MacDonald
Image
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.
George MacDonald
Image
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.
George MacDonald
Image
In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.
George MacDonald
Image
In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.
George MacDonald
Image
I don't know how to thank you.' Then I will tell you. There is only one way I care for. Do better, and grow better, and be better.
George MacDonald