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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANCalculation never made a hero.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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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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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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It is not God’s way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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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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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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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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