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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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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Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
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It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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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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Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither.
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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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The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma no man will be a martyr for a conclusion.
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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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Time hath a taming hand.
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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 ... He has not created me for naught ... If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about.
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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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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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Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.
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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.
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