Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThe love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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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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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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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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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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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.
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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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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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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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