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George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister

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The principal part of faith is patience.

– George MacDonald

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Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

– George MacDonald

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But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms.

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Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.

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

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I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

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It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.

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Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

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

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Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

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You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud.

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