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.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANThere 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.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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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.
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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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To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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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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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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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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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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