3 December 2020 George MacDonald 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.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald 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.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
