Quotes by John Henry Newman

About John Henry Newman:

John Henry Newman was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s.
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Calculation never made a hero.

John Henry Newman

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.

John Henry Newman

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.

John Henry Newman

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

John Henry Newman

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

John Henry Newman

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

John Henry Newman

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

John Henry Newman

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

John Henry Newman

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

John Henry Newman

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

John Henry Newman

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

John Henry Newman

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.

John Henry Newman

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

John Henry Newman

God has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. God has determined, unless I interfere with...

John Henry Newman

Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a , as the Church speaks. Let us be sure He will lead us right, that He will bring us to that which is, not indeed what we think best, nor what is best for ...

John Henry Newman

God knows what is my greatest happiness, but I do not. There is no rule about what is happy and good; what suits one would not suit another. And the ways by which perfection is reached vary very much; the medicines necessary for our souls are very di...

John Henry Newman

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

John Henry Newman

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

John Henry Newman

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

John Henry Newman

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.

John Henry Newman

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

John Henry Newman

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Henry Newman
  • DescriptionEnglish cleric and cardinal
  • AliasesAuthor of Loss and gain,; Cardinal Newman; Blessed John Henry Newman
  • BornFebruary 21, 1801
  • DiedAugust 11, 1890
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTheologian; Poet; Anglican Priest; Catholic Priest; Novelist