Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANDear Lord…shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul…Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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Calculation never made a hero.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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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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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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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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.
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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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