Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANAnd with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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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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Calculation never made a hero.
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Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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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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How many writers are there… who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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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.
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