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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature it is his history.
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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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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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A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
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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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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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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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How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?
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It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
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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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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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I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.
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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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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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To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.
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