Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLet 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
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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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I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
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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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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.
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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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