To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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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Time hath a taming hand.
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Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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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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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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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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Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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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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To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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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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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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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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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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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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