George MacDonald Quotes

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

'Wild Hope' just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

I think you just learn so much about yourself over the years.

A really big thing I've learned - and I think it's so liberating - is when you realize no one knows what they're doing.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

In this coming year, I will seek knowledge from those wiser than me and try to teach those who wish to learn from me. I love being alive, and I will be the best man I possibly can.

I just want to figure out me and grow within myself.

Everyone is on a journey to realize their best selves and their realest selves, and I think that's what creates that community.

I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.