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 NewmanNow what is it that moves our very hearts and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes?.. They have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance... There is something so very dreadful, so Satanic, in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.
John Henry Newman