John Henry Newman Quotes

• 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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• May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.

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• Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead thou me on. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.

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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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• I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple.

   

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• John Henry Newman was as English as roast beef, even if he lacked a passion for cricket.

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• We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

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• We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

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• Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure’s sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.

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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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• 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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• Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

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• Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

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• Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

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• Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

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• Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

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• It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

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• It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

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• It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

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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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John Henry Newman (35)

Birth:	21st February, 1801
Death:	11th August, 1890
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Priest, Theologian

About

John Henry Newman was born in London, England. He was an English priest, poet, novelist, philosopher, theologian and later a Catholic cardinal who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford University. Originally an evangelical Oxford University academic and priest in the Church of England, he then became drawn to the high-church tradition of Anglicanism. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. He wrote several books include: Tracts for the Times, The Arians of the fourth century, Loss and Gain (novel), The Idea of a University, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Grammar of Assent, The Dream of Gerontius (poem), Meditations and devotions, and Mary, the Second Eve.

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