John Henry Newman Quotes

Man Is Emphatically Self-made.

There Is A Knowledge Which Is Desirable, Though Nothing Come Of It, As Being Of Itself A Treasure, And A Sufficient Remuneration Of Years Of Labor.

Men Will Die Upon Dogma But Will Not Fall Victim To A Conclusion.

Reason Is God's Gift, But So Are The Passions. Reason Is As Guilty As Passion.

It Is Very Difficult To Get Up Resentment Towards Persons Whom One Has Never Seen.

I Loved The Garish Day, And, Spite Of Fears, Pride Ruled My Will: Remember Not Past Years.

Where Good And Ill Together Blent, Wage An Undying Strife.

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.

Religion Indeed Enlightens, Terrifies, Subdues; It Gives Faith, It Inflicts Remorse, It Inspires Resolutions, It Draws Tears, It Inflames Devotion, But Only For The Occasion.

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.

The World Is Content With Setting Right The Surface Of Things.

There Is In Stillness Oft A Magic Power To Calm The Breast When Struggling Passions Lower, Touched By Its Influence, In The Soul Arise Diviner Feelings, Kindred With The Skies.