George MacDonald

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty. ”

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing. ”

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. ”

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ”

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. ”

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. ”

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes. ”

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. ”

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. ”

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. ”