The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANTo 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Dear Lord…shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul…Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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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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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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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