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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThe reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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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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I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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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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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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