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George MacDonald Quotes: Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.
         

Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.


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Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.



Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.



No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.



To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.



It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.



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

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





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