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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Calculation never made a hero.
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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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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
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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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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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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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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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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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I wonder what day I shall die on – one passes year by year over one’s death day, as one might pass over one’s grave.
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Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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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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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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God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
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