Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLearn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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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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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
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It is not God’s way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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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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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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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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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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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