Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANI see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.
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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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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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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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I wonder what day I shall die on – one passes year by year over one’s death day, as one might pass over one’s grave.
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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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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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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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How many writers are there… who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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