Donal Grant

“Do you think Jesus came to deliver us from the punishment of our sins? He would not have moved a step for that. The terrible thing is to be bad, and all punishment is to help to deliver us from it, nor will it cease till we have given up being bad. God will have us good; and Jesus works out the will of his father.””

— George MacDonald

“Those who are content with what they are, have the less concern about what they seem.””

— George MacDonald

“To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.””

— George MacDonald

“Jesus Christ is the very God I want. I want a father like him, like the father of him who came as our big brother to take us home. No other than the God exactly like Christ can be the true God. Cast away from you that doctrine of devils, that Jesus died to save us from our father. There is no safety, no good of any kind but with the father, his father and our father, his God and our God.””

— George MacDonald

“You must not forget what you have been teaching me all this time–that the will of our God, the perfect God, is all in all! He is not a God far off: oh, Donal, to know that is enough to have lived for if one never learned anything more in all her life! You have taught me that, and I love you–love you next to God and his Christ, with a true heart fervently.””

— George MacDonald

“if Donal was in any danger of loving the things of this world, it was in the shape of books–books he had a strong inclination to accumulate and hoard.””

— George MacDonald

“The beauty of love is, that it does not take care of itself, but of the person loved.””

— George MacDonald

“Come then, let us do something!” said Davie.“Come away,” rejoined Donal. “What shall we do first?”“I don't know: you must tell me, sir.”“What would you like best to do”

— George MacDonald

“does my Anerew's hert guid to hae a crack wi' ane 'at kens something o' what the Maister wad be at. Mony ane 'll ca' him Lord, but feow 'ill tak the trible to ken what he wad hae o' them.””

— George MacDonald