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. -George MacDonald Politics
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. -George MacDonald Friendship
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom. -George MacDonald Wisdom
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. -George MacDonald Future
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over. -George MacDonald Sympathy
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. -George MacDonald Men
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. -George MacDonald Age
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. -George MacDonald Nature
