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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANO loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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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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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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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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 attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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