Man is emphatically self-made.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANFaith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
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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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Calculation never made a hero.
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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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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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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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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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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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