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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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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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Growth is the only evidence of life.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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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To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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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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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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