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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

John Henry Newman

Man is emphatically self-made.
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Made Men Self
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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Done Law War
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Arguing Believe Men
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Dogma Fall Men
Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Animal Religious Vegetarian
Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

Depth Height Way
How many writers are there… who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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Anxiety Detail Teacher
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Change Life Spiritual
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Aboriginal Christ Vicars
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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Exercise Friends Love Men
Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Down Dwell People
By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Garden Peace Spiritual
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Catholic Love Soul
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Angel Purpose
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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Intellectual Knowledge Science
All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Giving Men Perspective

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

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