"There are good people who. . . cannot believe [the rich, young ruler] would have been better off without his wealth. The multitude of those who thus read the tale are of the same mind as the youth himself—in his worst moment, as he turned and went—with one vast difference: they are not sorrowful."- George MacDonald
"If we are the Lord's we possess the kingdom of heaven, and so inherit the earth. How many who call themselves by his name would have it otherwise: they would rather possess the earth and inherit the kingdom! Such as these fill our churches every Sunday: anywhere is suitable for the worship of Mammon."- George MacDonald
"Christ came to set the captive free—no matter what kind of yoke binds them. He came to bind up the brokenhearted—no matter what broke the heart. He came to open the eyes of the blind—no matter what veiled their vision."- Beth Moore
"The man who is proud of any accomplishment has not reached it. He is only proud of himself, and imagining a cause for his pride. If he had truly reached something worthwhile, he would already have begun to forget, for he who delights in contemplating what he has attained is not merely sliding back, but is already in the dust of self-satisfaction."- George MacDonald
"Be not disturbed by what you feel,- Frances J. Roberts
but set your thoughts on what you know
and what I have revealed to you,
and new faith shall spring forth.
Never doubt My love when things are dark.
Situations never change Me.
The deeper your need,
the more I will respond if you call on Me.
In this way you can turn the darkness into blessing.
Hold to My hand.
No other support is necessary.
Human love is comforting, but divine love,
the love of God the Father, is greater."
"Each must carry the question that perplexes him to the Light of the World. To what purpose is the Spirit of God promised to them that ask it, if not to help them order the behavior of their way aright?"- George MacDonald
"We sleep in peace in the arms of God, when we yield ourselves up to His providence, in a delightful consciousness of His tender mercies; no more restless uncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience at the place we are in; for it is God who has put us there, and who holds us in His arms. Can we be unsafe where He has placed us?"- FRANÇOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON
"Dull are those—at least they can have little of Christian imagination—who think that where all are good, things must be dull. It is because there is so little good yet in them that they know so little of the power and beauty of the merest life divine."- George MacDonald
