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
protestants cease
To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.
religious enquiry modesty
Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
war law done
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
love-is age church
How can we feel our need of His help, or our dependence on Him, or our debt to Him, or the nature of His gift to us, unless we know ourselves.... This is why many in this age (and in every age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church.... They have never had experience of His power and love, because they have never known their own weakness and need.
art giving information
Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither. ...
ideas done devotion
Great things are done by devotion to one idea.
giving long support
May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
knowledge intellectual together
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge..
memories math mind
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
love strong powerful
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
love self roots
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 age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church. They cast off the form of truth, because it never has been to them more than a form. They endure not, because they never have tasted that the Lord is gracious; and they never have had experience of His power and love, because they have never known their own weakness and need.
mean men hopeless
When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless
matter judgment said
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
animal humanity resistance
Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadful in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.