Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThere 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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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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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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O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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