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 NEWMANMay 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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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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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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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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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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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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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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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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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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