Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANTo discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Calculation never made a hero.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
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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.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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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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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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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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