Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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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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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks.
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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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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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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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