Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANFaith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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Calculation never made a hero.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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