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.
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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Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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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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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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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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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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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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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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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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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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