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Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

George MacDonald
Lying, Liberty, Likes
George Macdonald (1870). “The Miracles of Our Lord”, p.56

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

George MacDonald
Lying, Hands, Next
"The Way To Win: Showing How To Succeed In Life". Book by John Thomas Dale, 1887.

To say on the authority of the Bible that God does a thing no honourable man would do, is to lie against God; to say that it is therefore right, is to lie against the very spirit of God.

George MacDonald
Lying, Men, Doe
George Macdonald (2012). “Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If I may not, let me think how nice they would be and bury myself in my work. I do not think that the road to contentment lies in despising what we have not got. Let us acknowledge all good, all delight that the worlds holds, and be content without it.

George MacDonald
Summer, Nice, Lying
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.8582, e-artnow

When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awe-inspiring loving-kindness.

George MacDonald
God, Kindness, Lying

In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.

George MacDonald
Hate, Lying, Heart
George MacDonald, Craig Yoe (1980). “The Golden Key and Other Stories”, p.73, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

For the bliss of the animals lies in this, that, on their lower level, they shadow the bliss of those--few at any moment on the earth--who do not 'look before and after, and pine for what is not,' but live in the holy carelessness of the eternal now.

George MacDonald
Lying, Animal, Shadow
George MacDonald (2015). “George MacDonald: The Complete Fantasy Collection - 8 Novels & 30+ Short Stories and Fairy Tales (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith, Phantastes, The Princess and Curdie, At the Back of the North Wind, Portent, The Lost Princess, Adela Cathcart, Dealings with the Fairies and many more”, p.812, e-artnow

The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.

George MacDonald
Lying, Force, Regions
George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13486, Delphi Classics

I only know when I don't know a thing. My uncle has taught me that wisdom lies in that.

George MacDonald
Lying, Ignorance, Knows
"The Flight of the Shadow".

I would not favour a fiction to keep a whole world out of hell. The hell that a lie would keep any man out of is doubtless the very best place for him to go to. It is truth... that saves the world.

George MacDonald
Truth, Honesty, Lying
George MacDonald, Clive Staples Lewis (1990). “George MacDonald: an anthology”

What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able to read it. The very intercourse with him may have rendered it more difficult.

George MacDonald
Lying, Heart, Men
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.5088, e-artnow

My spirits rose as I went deeper; into the forest; but I could not regain my former elasticity of mind. I found cheerfulness to be like life itself - not to be created by any argument. Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do their worst; to let them lie and gnaw at your heart till they are tired; and you find you still have a residue of life they cannot kill. So, better and worse, I went on, till I came to a little clearing in the forest.

George MacDonald
Pain, Lying, Tired
George MacDonald (1858). “Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women”, p.92

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