John Henry Newman Quotes
Quotes
Religion“A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“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.”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt, as I understand the subject; difficulty and doubt are incommensurate.”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Here below to live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom. Lead Thou me on! ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Calculation never made a hero. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadful in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ I was brought up from a child to take great delight in reading the Bible; but I had formed no religious convictions till I was fifteen. Of course, I had perfect knowledge of my Catechism. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ The night is dark, and I am far from home. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. ”
John Henry NewmanQuotes
Religion“ I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards. ”
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