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It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.
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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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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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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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
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Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.
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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.
John Henry Newman
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
John Henry Newman
Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.
John Henry Newman
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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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
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The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
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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.
John Henry Newman
To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.
John Henry Newman
God has created me to do Him some definite service He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.
John Henry Newman
God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
John Henry Newman
How many writers are there... who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
John Henry Newman
Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.
John Henry Newman
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
John Henry Newman
