It Is As Absurd To Argue Men,

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.

To Discover And To Teach Are Distinct Functions; They Are Also Distinct Gifts, And Are Not Commonly Found United In The Same Person.

It Is As Absurd To Argue Men, As To Torture Them, Into Believing.

There Are Wounds Of The Spirit Which Never Close And Are Intended In God's Mercy To Bring Us Nearer To Him, And To Prevent Us Leaving Him By Their Very Perpetuity. Such Wounds Then May Almost Be Taken As A Pledge, Or At Least As A Ground For A Humble Trust, That God Will Give Us The Great Gift Of Perseverance To The End. This Is How I Comfort Myself In My Own Great Bereavements.

In This World No One Rules By Love; If You Are But Amiable, You Are No Hero; To Be Powerful, You Must Be Strong, And To Have Dominion You Must Have A Genius For Organizing.