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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANGrowth is the only evidence of life.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.
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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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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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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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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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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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