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
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. – George MacDonald
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
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity. – George MacDonald