Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.
George MacDonald
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Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
GEORGE MACDONALD The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him th...
GEORGE MACDONALD A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterl...
CHARLES KINGSLEY [George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.
CLARENCE DARROW Seeing is not believing, it is only seeing,”
George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
GEORGE MACDONALD As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS As men, we are all equal in the presence of death
PUBLILIUS SYRUS And what delights can equal those
That stir the spirit's inner deeps,
When one that loves ...
ALFRED TENNYSON Respect for those whom we can't trust is one of the most difficult things to do in life.
ANUJ SOMANY I know my Easts and Tom Brown, you see, and they're never happy unless their morality is being tried...
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the bu...
A.E. NEWTON As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of ...
ALCIBIADES We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have ...
SARAH BERNHARDT Building on the work of George Macdonald, William Morris and Edward Plunkett, what became known as h...
ADRIAN MCKINTY I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.
GEORGE MACDONALD Just the mere intimidation and presence of that vehicle will eliminate a lot of pursuits.
LARRY SCHNALL I trust Marty, but, by George, I don't know who the next one is going to be.
HERB LEVINE Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.
CHARLES DARWIN South Carolina is one of the few teams in the SEC that we can kind of match up with, size-wise. With...
BRUCE PEARL There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the ca...
EDGAR ALLAN POE Your mere presence alters every nerve my body has ever known.
SOMA NAZHAD RASHEED KURDI It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
ENGLISH PROVERB This is a country founded by Conservatives such as John A. Macdonald and George-Etienne Cartier for ...
STOCKWELL DAY I devour history books. I love anything by Thomas B. Costain or George MacDonald Fraser. He writes m...
VIRGINIA HENLEY keeping mute in the presence of gross impunity is equal to death,even though alive.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger...
GARY WEISS There are a thousand forms of subversion, but few can equal the convenience and immediacy of a cream...
NOEL GODIN If these talks are a success, clearly we hope a U.N. presence can be on the ground in the next few w...
ALEXANDER DOWNER Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.
JAMES CASH PENNEY An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own ...
C.S. LEWIS There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush...
ZELL MILLER Maine is one of the few states where we don't have a presence. Opening stores in Maine is part of ou...
CAROL HIVELY And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in t...
BIBLE We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have ...
SARAH BERNHARDT To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan...
L. LIONEL KENDRICK 'There's only a few people in this world I trust and I'm not one of them'.
RICHARD 'GRIMESY' GRIMES No one can display or can cultivate a fervent zeal in the mere repetition of a form.
WILLIAM GODWIN There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George ...
ZELL MILLER Love isn't about to show off or to go on dates. Its about being with a person who makes you feel spe...
TAIMOOR MADNI Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable
THOMAS CARLYLE Can we pray for the re-election of George Bush?
SEAN HANNITY In the digital domain trust is now important not only because we really need to know how to trust pe...
DAVID AMERLAND If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack.
CRAIG GROESCHEL We are utterly dismayed that the government has not listened to doctors, health charities and the pu...
ALEX MARKHAM I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who wa...
ROBERT FROST George Smeaton wrote, “[The apostle Paul] exhibits the two great counterparts of sin and righteous...
JERRY BRIDGES George was a leader in the lesbian and gay community in fighting discrimination and demanding equal ...
DOUGLAS ELLIOTT Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is...
LUCY LARCOM The mere presence of a military police force creates a huge deterrence for those who would steal fro...
TIM POWELL You ask can we ever trust the Bear?... I will give you several answers at once. The first is no, we ...
JOHN LE CARR Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men ...
CHARLOTTE CASIRAGHI I believe in those whom I love and trust.
JOHN CONNOLLY No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
GEORGE ELIOT No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
T.S. ELIOT Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self ...
RICHARD ROHR My angel, cries Booth, it delights me to hear you talk thus, and for a reason you little guess; for ...
HENRY FIELDING . . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell...
THOMAS MORE The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterl...
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY We are one country, and one people, ... Everyone deserves to be shown equal concern, and equal consi...
JOSEFA ILOILO Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without ...
BLAISE PASCAL We need to have one body to monitor and with whom we can directly deal instead of going to different...
AVTAR SINGH No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
AFRICAN PROVERB No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
UNKNOWN One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell your ...
MERV ADAMS All the books were beginning to turn against me. Indeed, I must have been blind as a bat not to have...
C.S. LEWIS Now I wonder if each artwork is in fact utterly inaccessible to everybody but the person to whom it ...
SARA BAUME One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
ANTHONY BURGESS One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
J. B. (JOHN BOYNTON) PRIESTLEY Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of b...
ROSE LESLIE Wisdom is for the few whom realize the difference.
MONK FROST “The human race is one of the few creatures whom can cry tears. If you look at us we are running a...
ADRIAN SANDVAER In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in bloss...
SIMONE WEIL Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I ca...
CHRISTINA AGUILERA One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
ROSAMOND LEHMANN One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
ROSAMOND LEHMAN Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
BIBLE To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality...
ERIC HOFFER The thing that sets MacDonald Highlands apart is the topography. It's steeper there, so you can get ...
LARRY MURPHY Without speaking, one can win the trust of a person by one's conduct.
RAVI RANJAN GOSWAMI One time, I was given an essay topic: to describe a perfect horse, whom the mere sight of the rider&...
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I do a lot of collage work with fabrics placed in them. It always surprises and delights me how they...
JACQUELYN SINGER Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
KAMISESE MARA Rice Lake has excellent ice. It's one of the few places we can curl in the summers.
COURTNEY GEORGE They're treated like prima donnas. But a lot of that is because pit stops are even more important no...
DARRELL WALTRIP Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
GEORGE B. MERE Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the...
JOHN BATES CLARK For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern.
VICTOR HUGO You just couldn't be in George Romney's presence without some of his goodness and integrity ...
TAGG ROMNEY This is one of those situations where one-plus-one can equal three. We're excited to announce plans ...
BLAKE IRVING We can only hate the person whom we love.
KAZI SHAMS If money is what drives our passion in life, then the first person whom we should not trust at all i...
ANUJ SOMANY One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
OSCAR WILDE Love all, but trust a few.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If we can reduce the presence of the virus, we will reduce the probability of a human pandemic.
BERNARD VALLAT The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next
GAUTAMA BUDDHA The ‘relative’ delights the mind (manoranjan), the ‘real’ delights the Self (the soul, atmar...
DADA BHAGWAN When you get lost in a really strange place,
nothing is more comforting than found your
...
TOBA BETA The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.
DONNA LEON I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f...
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when he thought of you first.
GEORGE MACDONALD Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
GEORGE MACDONALD And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.
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GEORGE MACDONALD When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
GEORGE MACDONALD Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
GEORGE MACDONALD To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
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And then comes a mist ...
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Of orange, gold, and gray;
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GEORGE MACDONALD All that is not God is death.
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GEORGE MACDONALD punishment had not been spared--with best results in patience and purification
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GEORGE MACDONALD She would be one of those who kneel to their own shadows till feet grow on their knees; then go down...
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GEORGE MACDONALD Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.
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GEORGE MACDONALD My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not;
I think thy answers make me what I am.
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Shall vanish away like a frosty breath;
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GEORGE MACDONALD To try to be brave is to be brave.
GEORGE MACDONALD It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, w...
GEORGE MACDONALD The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for co...
GEORGE MACDONALD In moments of doubt I cry, ‘Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?’
GEORGE MACDONALD It was foolish indeed - thus to run farther and farther from all who could help her, as if she had b...
GEORGE MACDONALD ...it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness ...
GEORGE MACDONALD It is when people do wrong things wilfully that they are the more likely to do them again.
GEORGE MACDONALD Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing.
GEORGE MACDONALD You had better not open that door.
GEORGE MACDONALD Godfrey and Hesper made a glorious pair to look at--but would theirs be a happy union?--Happy, I dar...
GEORGE MACDONALD Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.
GEORGE MACDONALD Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of t...
GEORGE MACDONALD We're looking into conserving landfill space. We're looking to generate energy without relying on fo...
GEORGE MACDONALD Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cul...
GEORGE MACDONALD Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty
GEORGE MACDONALD God’s finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness.
GEORGE MACDONALD The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission
GEORGE MACDONALD It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing
GEORGE MACDONALD Where did you get your eyes so blue? / Out of the sky as I came through.
GEORGE MACDONALD The two pillars of political correctness is willful ignorance and the steadfast refusal to face the ...
GEORGE MACDONALD It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow’s bu...
GEORGE MACDONALD We've done a better job at getting more complete representation.
GEORGE MACDONALD Where did you come from, baby dear? / Out of the everywhere into here.
GEORGE MACDONALD The Root of All Rebellion: It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of thy liberty th...
GEORGE MACDONALD To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved
GEORGE MACDONALD Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by th...
GEORGE MACDONALD Seeing is not believing, it is only seeing,”
George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
GEORGE MACDONALD The only way to come to know where you are is to begin to make yourself at home.
GEORGE MACDONALD Love and marriage are of the Father's most powerful means for the making of his foolish little ones ...
GEORGE MACDONALD It is not at all a fit place for you," said Clementina.
"Gently, my lady. It is a ...
GEORGE MACDONALD Mary was one who possessed power over her own spirit--rare gift, given to none but those who do some...
GEORGE MACDONALD Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes
GEORGE MACDONALD Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon the earth wit...
GEORGE MACDONALD