Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANGo down again – I dwell among the people.
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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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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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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To 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.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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How many writers are there… who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Calculation never made a hero.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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