Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.
John Henry NewmanNothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
John Henry NewmanReligion 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 NewmanA man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
John Henry NewmanIt is seldom we have the heart to throw ourselves, if I may so speak, on the Divine Arm; we dare not trust ourselves on the waters, though Christ bids us. We have not St. Peter's love to ask leave to come to him upon the sea. When we once are filled with that heavenly charity, we can do all things, because we attempt all things - for to attempt is to do.
John Henry Newman