Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANTo holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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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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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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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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An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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