Quote#Love
God Himself — His thoughts, His will, His love, His judgments are…
Quote byGeorge MacDonald · 1824–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 257.
English (original)
God Himself — His thoughts, His will, His love, His judgments are men's home. To think His thoughts, to choose His will, to judge His judgments, and thus to know that He is in us, with us, is to be at home.
— George MacDonald
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