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
religious enquiry modesty
Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
religious selfish rewards
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
religious eye waiting
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.
religious animal god-love
Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
fear life rather shall thy
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.
perfection
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
doubt
Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.
health blessing mind
Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.
mutual-respect lasting mutual
It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.
faith christian inspiration
With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.
fall men dogma
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
life success pain
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
bird instruments resources
Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.
creeps certainty soar
If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.