Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThe 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
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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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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
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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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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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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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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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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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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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Calculation never made a hero.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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