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Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
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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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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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Dear Lord...shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul...Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around 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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How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?
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Now what is it that moves our very hearts and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes?.. They have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance... There is something so very dreadful, so Satanic, in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.
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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.
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We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
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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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