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John Henry Newman Quotes
Brief author info: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English churchman and writer.
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Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.
Growth is the only evidence of life.
Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called a grammar.
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.
True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
I sought to hear the voice of God And climbed the topmost steeple, But God declared: "Go down again- I dwell among the people."
Reason is one thing and faith is another and reason can as little be made a substitute for faith, as faith can be made a substitute for reason.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Funny Quote
Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
Relationship Quote
A relationship is what happens between two people who are waiting for something better to come along.
Age Quote
Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we are born.
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