George MacDonald

"Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk."

"Attitudes are more important than facts."

"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."

"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."

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

"How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset."