John Henry Newman on wish
John Henry Newman7 quotes“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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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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