To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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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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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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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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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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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How many writers are there… who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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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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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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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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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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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