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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANMan is emphatically self-made.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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There 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.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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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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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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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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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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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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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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