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One difference between God's work and man's is, that, while God's work cannot mean more than he meant, man's must mean more than he meant.

— George MacDonald The Fantastic Imagination (1893)

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Trust to God to weave your little thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.

A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean.

The Fantastic Imagination (1893)

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation, — a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of truth after truth.

Paul Faber, Surgeon (1879)

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