Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
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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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.
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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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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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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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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
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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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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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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
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