It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANFlagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks.
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
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