What can this world offer comparable with that insight into spiritual things, that keen faith, that heavenly peace, that high sanctity, that everlasting righteousness, that hope of glory, which they have, who in sincerity love and follow our Lord Jesus Christ?
John Henry NewmanEvil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
John Henry NewmanA universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
John Henry NewmanFaith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
John Henry NewmanO most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still.... Thou art the heart of the Most High made man.... Thy Sacred Heart is the instrument and organ of Thy love. It did beat for us. It yearned for us. It ached for our salvation. It was on fire through zeal, that the glory of God might be manifested in and by us.... In worshipping thee I worship my incarnate God, my Emmanuel
John Henry Newman