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Danh ngôn của George MacDonald (Sứ mệnh: 7)

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.
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
Attitudes are more important than facts.
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
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.
The principle part of faith is patience.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.