John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman C.O., also referred to as Cardinal Newman, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and Blessed John Henry Newman, was a Catholic cardinal and theologian who was a very important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 February 1801
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Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.
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We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
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Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
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The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
two self creator
Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.
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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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An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.
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Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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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.
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.
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How many writers are there... who, breaking up their subject into details, destroy its life, and defraud us of the whole by their anxiety about the parts.
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A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
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I want a laitywho know their creed so well, that they can give an account of it, who know so much of history that they can defend it.