I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThe reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
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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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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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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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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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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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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