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.
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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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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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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Calculation never made a hero.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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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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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.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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