George MacDonald Quotes about Faith

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Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

George MacDonald

God, Faith, Believe

All about us, in earth and air, wherever the eye or ear can reach, there is a power ever breathing itself forth in signs, now in daisy, now in a wind-waft, a cloud, a sunset; a power that holds constant and sweetest relation with the dark and silent world within us. The same God who is in us, and upon whose tree we are the buds, if not yet the flowers, also is all about us- inside, the Spirit; outside, the Word. And the two are ever trying to meet in us.

George MacDonald

Faith, Flower, Inspiration

George MacDonald (1978). “The World of George Macdonald: Selections from His Works of Fiction”, Shaw

The principle part of faith is patience.

George MacDonald

Faith, Patience, Principles

If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.

George MacDonald

Faith, Doe, Christianity

George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.13403, e-artnow

Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood. . . . Doubts must precede every deeper assurance; for uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed.

George MacDonald

Faith, Doors, Doubt

George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13031, Delphi Classics

Faith is that which, knowing the Lord's will, goes and does it; or, not knowing it, stands and waits, content in ignorance as in knowledge, because God wills - neither pressing into the hidden future, nor careless of the knowledge which opens the path of action

George MacDonald

Faith, Ignorance, Knowing

George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.12445, Delphi Classics