Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANEgotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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May 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.
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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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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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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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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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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 live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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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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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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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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