Quotes from John Henry Newman
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
- John Henry Newman
Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.
- John Henry Newman
Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
- John Henry Newman
God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
- John Henry Newman
Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
- John Henry Newman
It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
- John Henry Newman
O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
- John Henry Newman
I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
- John Henry Newman
Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
- John Henry Newman
Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.
- John Henry Newman
And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
- John Henry Newman
You must make up your mind to the prospect of sustaining a certain measure of pain and trouble in you'r passage through life.
- John Henry Newman