John Henry Newman Quotes

John Henry Newman (31)

Birth:	21st February, 1801
Death:	11th August, 1890
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Clergyman, Priest

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• I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple.

   

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• Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

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• Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

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• John Henry Newman was as English as roast beef, even if he lacked a passion for cricket.

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• We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

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• We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

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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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• To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.

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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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• Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

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• Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

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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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• Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

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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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• It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

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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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• It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

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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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• If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

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• If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

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