Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANGood 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
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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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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Dear Lord…shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul…Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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