Quote by George MacDonald
Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want t

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

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The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom. – George MacDonald

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Wisdom
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It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity. – George MacDonald

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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. – George MacDonald

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man wholl get me a book I aint read. – Abraham Lincoln

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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. – Sophocles

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Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable. – Jose Maria Aznar

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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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