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George MacDonald

Scottish writer and Christian minister

1824–1905

24 quotes, most often on Writing, Truth & Lies and God.

The whole trouble is that we won’t let God help us.
The Marquis of Lossie, Chapter XXVII.
- God
God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation, — a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of truth after truth.
Paul Faber, Surgeon (1879), Ch. 31: A Conscience
- God
- Truth & Lies
One difference between God’s work and man’s is, that, while God’s work cannot mean more than he meant, man’s must mean more than he meant.
The Fantastic Imagination (1893)
- Art
- God

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