Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANLiterature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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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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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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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.
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