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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
John Henry Newman
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John Henry Newman
Age: 89 †
Born: 1801
Born: February 21
Died: 1890
Died: August 11
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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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I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
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Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890 It is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that he looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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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.
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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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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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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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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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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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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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