It 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 NewmanFaith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
John Henry NewmanWhen men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless
John Henry NewmanWith Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.
John Henry Newman