Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANA man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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I wonder what day I shall die on – one passes year by year over one’s death day, as one might pass over one’s grave.
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In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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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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May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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