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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.

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.

George MacDonald
God, Men, Giving
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.13293, e-artnow

To give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.

George MacDonald
Giving, Misinterpretation, Materials
George MacDonald (1985). “The Curate's Awakening”

He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.

George MacDonald
Father, Giving, Asks
George Macdonald (1981). “Lilith”, p.6, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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

George MacDonald
Forgiveness, Receiving Love, Giving
George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.1838, Delphi Classics

What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do, you must do as well as ever you can, and that is the best possible preparation for what He may want you to do next. If people would but do what they have to do, they would always find themselves ready for what came next.

George MacDonald
People, Giving, Preparation
George MacDonald (1880). “Cheerful Words”

Come, come to Him who made thy heart; Come weary and oppressed; To come to Jesus is thy part; His part, to give thee rest.

George MacDonald
Jesus, Heart, Giving
George MacDonald (1893). “The Poetical Works of George MacDonald (Volumes I and II)”, p.333, Library of Alexandria

It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul beloved, even if that soul know him not, bringing him inwardly close to that spirit; a power that cannot be but for good; for in proportion as selfishness intrudes, the love ceases, and the power which springs therefrom dies. Yet all love will, one day, meet with its return.

George MacDonald
Spring, Two, Giving
"Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women". Book by George MacDonald, 1858.

The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.

George MacDonald
Thinking, Giving, Next
George MacDonald, U. C. Knoepflmacher (1999). “The Complete Fairy Tales”, p.9, Penguin

We can walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength to do His will, waiting for the endless good which He is always giving as fast as He can get us able to take it in.

George MacDonald
Giving, Waiting, Able
George MacDonald (1867). “Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood”, p.135

Remember, then, that whoever does not mean good is always in danger of harm. But I try to give everybody fair play, and those that are in the wrong are in far more need of it always than those who are in the right: they can afford to do without it.

George MacDonald
Mean, Play, Giving
George MacDonald, Rolland Hein (2004). “The Heart of George MacDonald: A One-Volume Collection of His Most Important Fiction, Essays, Sermons, Drama, and Biographical Information”, p.39, Regent College Publishing

There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.

George MacDonald
Strength, Giving, Shining
George MacDonald (2015). “MALCOLM & THE MARQUIS’S SECRET: Complete Marquise of Lossie Collection (Adventure Classic): The Fisherman's Lady”, p.671, e-artnow

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

George MacDonald
Men, Giving, Charity
George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more”, p.4223, e-artnow

Could you not give me some sign, or tell me something about you that never changes, or some other way to know you, or thing to know you by?" — "No, Curdie: that would be to keep you from knowing me. You must know me in quite another way from that. It would not be the least use to you or me either if I were to make you know me in that way. It would be but to know the sign of me — not to know me myself.

George MacDonald
Knowing, Giving, Would Be
Phebe A. Curtiss, Beatrix Potter, Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hans Christian Andersen (2017). “Down the Chimney: 100+ Most Treasured Christmas Novels & Stories in One Volume (Illustrated): The Tailor of Gloucester, Little Women, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Heavenly Christmas Tree…”, p.4884, e-artnow

Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas the former is a cold and deliberate choice of the heart.

George MacDonald
Forgiveness, Heart, Giving

One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up

George MacDonald
Rights, Giving, May

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