Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThere is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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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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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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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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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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Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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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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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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