Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANCalculation never made a hero.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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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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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 great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
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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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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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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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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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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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