It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANConscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.
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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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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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O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Calculation never made a hero.
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In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
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To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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