George MacDonald Quote Explained: It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

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Never tell a child ‘you have a soul.’ Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

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Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.

- George MacDonald

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And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay.

- George MacDonald

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

- George MacDonald

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Difficulty adds to result, as the ramming of powder sends the bullet the further.

- George MacDonald

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Heaven…a place where everything that is not music is silence.

- George MacDonald

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The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.

- George MacDonald

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I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow.

- George MacDonald

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It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

Never tell a child ‘you have a soul.’ Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.

And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay.

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

Difficulty adds to result, as the ramming of powder sends the bullet the further.

Heaven…a place where everything that is not music is silence.

The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.

I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain

Literature is the only art in which the audience performs the score.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

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