Time hath a taming hand.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANCalculation never made a hero.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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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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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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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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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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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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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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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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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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Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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