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George MacDonald Quotes about Pain

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But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love.

But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love.

George MacDonald
Pain, Believe, One Day
George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13525, Delphi Classics

There is an aching that is worse than any pain.

George MacDonald
Pain, Regret

But, for as cold and wretched as it looks, the sun has not forsaken it. He has only drawn away from it a little, for good reasons, one of which is that we may learn that we cannot do without him.

George MacDonald
Pain, Winter, Suffering
"Complete Works of George MacDonald".

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

I saw thee ne'er before; I see thee never more; But love, and help, and pain, beautiful one, Have made thee mine, till all my years are done.

George MacDonald
Beautiful, Pain, Years
George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.39, Delphi Classics

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