Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANCalculation never made a hero.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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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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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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