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
evil cures
Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
years treasure remuneration
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.
christ vicars aboriginal
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
inspirational change wish
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.
teacher winter iron
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.
two self creator
Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.
virtue one-thing
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.
men self self-made
Man is emphatically self-made.
passion guilty reason
Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
pride past years
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
evil substance excess
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
mind ignorant ifs
We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
together strife ill
Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.
world surface miscellaneous
The world is content with setting right the surface of things.