It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Man is emphatically self-made.
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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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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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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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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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Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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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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Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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