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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

John Henry Newman

Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Dark Light
Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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Believe Conviction Results
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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Church Hands Thinking
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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Judgment Matter Said
Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Art Beauty Nature
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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Intellectual Knowledge Science
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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Change Inspirational Wish
Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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Depth Height Way
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.
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Eye Religious Waiting
Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.
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Artist Better Lions
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Angel Purpose
Calculation never made a hero.
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Calculation Hero Made
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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Attitude Friends Inspirational
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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Remuneration Treasure Years
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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Inspirational Inspiring Motivational Sports
All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Giving Men Perspective

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

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