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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

John Henry Newman

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

God Love Voice
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Angel Purpose
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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Decay Fickle Needs
An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Iron Teacher Winter
Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Art Beauty Nature
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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Angel Beautiful Light
Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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Faith Hazards Sacrifice
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.
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Eye Religious Waiting
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Dogma Fall Men
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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Given Missions Priceless
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Dark Light
Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Down Dwell People
Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Arguments People Sympathies
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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Knowledge Mind Rewards
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Catholic Love Soul
Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Catholic Heaven Part

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