Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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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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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
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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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Man is emphatically self-made.
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