George MacDonald
George MacDonald
George MacDonaldwas a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 December 1824
Obedience is the key to every door.
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.
Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil.
A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.
We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What is that, grandmother?' To understand other people.' Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see.
Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.
To try to be brave is to be brave.
A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind.