“ Without self-knowledge you have no root in yourselves personally; you may endure for a time, but under affliction or persecution your faith will not last. This is why many in this age (and in every ag… John Henry Newman
“ Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. John Henry Newman
“ It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience. John Henry Newman
“ From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion religion, as a mere sentiment, is… John Henry Newman
“ 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. John Henry Newman
“ I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards. John Henry Newman
“ A Song)There sat a Lady all on the ground,Rays of the morning circled her round,Save thee, and hail to thee, Gracious and Fair,In the chill twilight what wouldst thou there?'Here I sit desolate,' swee… John Henry Newman
“ If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society... It is the education which gives a man a clear, conscious view of their own opin… John Henry Newman
“ A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. John Henry Newman
“ It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples’ feet; but the sands of the real desert have no lustre in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation. John Henry Newman
“ Cease, stranger, cease those witching notes, The art of syren choirs; Hush the seductive voice that floats Across the trembling wires. Music's ethereal power was given Not to dissolve our clay, John Henry Newman
“ Such is the state of things in England, and it is well that it should be realised by all of us; but it must not be supposed for a moment that I am afraid of it. I lament it deeply, because I foresee t… John Henry Newman
“ If I looked into a mirror, and did not see my face, I should have the sort of feeling which actually comes upon me, when I look into this living busy world, and see no reflexion of its Creator. John Henry Newman
“ The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men. John Henry Newman
“ 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. John Henry Newman
“ Mr Kingsley begins then by exclaiming- 'O the chicanery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the conscience-killing tyranny of Rome! We have not far to seek for an evidence of it. There's Father… John Henry Newman
