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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANBy a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
-
-
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
Go down again – I dwell among the people.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
Man is emphatically self-made.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN -
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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN