The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANWhen you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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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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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.
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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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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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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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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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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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