"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
-George MacDonald
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"Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.“
-George MacDonald
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"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."
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"Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life."
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"Attitudes are more important than facts."
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