Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANEvery 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.
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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An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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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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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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