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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.

John Henry Newman

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

Attitude Friends Inspirational
Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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Cures Evil Flagrant
Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

Knowledge Mind Rewards
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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Exercise Friends Love Men
Calculation never made a hero.
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Calculation Hero Made
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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Angel Beautiful Light
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Dogma Fall Men
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Angel Purpose
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
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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Done Law War
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on.
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Dark Light
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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Dear Lord Love Shining
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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Found Function Science
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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Comprehensive Infinite Reason Spiritual
Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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Enquiry Modesty Religious
To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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Action Done Practice

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