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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANTo discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
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To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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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.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
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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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You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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