From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANIn 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
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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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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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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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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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.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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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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