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 NEWMANLiving Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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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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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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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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Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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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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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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