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 NEWMANIt is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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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.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
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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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Man is emphatically self-made.
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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 great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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