“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
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A great memory is never made synonymous
“A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.”
— John Henry Newman
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To live is to change, and to
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
— John Henry Newman
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From the age of fifteen, dogma has
“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 to me a dream and a mockery.”
— John Henry Newman
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Let us take things as we find
“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
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To live is to change, and to
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
— John Henry Newman
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From the age of fifteen, dogma has
“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 to me a dream and a mockery.”
— John Henry Newman
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Fear not that thy life shall come
“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning.”
— John Henry Newman
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