“ Thou doubtest because thou lovest the truth. ”
George MacDonald, Lilith (1895). copy citation
| Author | George MacDonald |
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| Source | Lilith |
| Topic | doubt truth |
| Date | 1895 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1640/1640-h/1640-h.htm |
Context
“But immediately supervened a sharp-stinging doubt.
«Father,» I said, «forgive me, but how am I to know surely that this also is not a part of the lovely dream in which I am now walking with thyself?»
«Thou doubtest because thou lovest the truth. Some would willingly believe life but a phantasm, if only it might for ever afford them a world of pleasant dreams: thou art not of such! Be content for a while not to know surely. The hour will come, and that ere long, when, being true, thou shalt behold the very truth, and doubt will be for ever dead.” source
«Father,» I said, «forgive me, but how am I to know surely that this also is not a part of the lovely dream in which I am now walking with thyself?»
«Thou doubtest because thou lovest the truth. Some would willingly believe life but a phantasm, if only it might for ever afford them a world of pleasant dreams: thou art not of such! Be content for a while not to know surely. The hour will come, and that ere long, when, being true, thou shalt behold the very truth, and doubt will be for ever dead.” source
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