Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANEvil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.
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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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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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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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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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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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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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I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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