Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANIt is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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Calculation never made a hero.
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Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
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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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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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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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Time hath a taming hand.
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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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By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
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