The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLet us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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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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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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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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