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> [Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/let-us-take-things-as-we-find-them-let-us-not-attempt-to-distort-them/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

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## More by John Henry Newman

> [Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/fear-not-that-thy-life-shall-come-to-an-end-but-rather-that-it-shall/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/it-is-not-god-s-way-that-great-blessings-should-descend-without-the/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/by-a-garden-is-meant-mystically-a-place-of-spiritual-repose-stillness/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/fear-not-that-thy-life-shall-come-to-an-end-but-rather-fear-that-it/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [“The minds of young people are pliable and elastic, and easily accommodate themselves to any one they fall in with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/the-minds-of-young-people-are-pliable-and-elastic-and-easily/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/the-love-of-our-private-friends-is-the-only-preparatory-exercise-for/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/a-universityeducates-the-intellect-to-reason-well-in-all-matters-to/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/nothing-would-be-done-at-all-if-one-waited-until-one-could-do-it-so/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He is hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/christ-is-already-in-that-place-of-peace-which-is-all-in-all-he-is-on/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [Growth is the only evidence of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/growth-is-the-only-evidence-of-life/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [“Mr Kingsley begins then by exclaiming- 'O the chicanery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the conscience-killing tyranny of Rome! We have not far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/mr-kingsley-begins-then-by-exclaiming-o-the-chicanery-the-wholesale/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/there-is-in-stillness-oft-a-magic-power-to-calm-the-breast-when/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [Dear Lord...shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul...Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/dear-lord-shine-through-me-and-be-so-in-me-that-every-soul-i-come-in/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/it-is-almost-a-definition-of-a-gentleman-to-say-that-he-is-one-who/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

> [To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/to-be-deep-in-history-is-to-cease-to-be-protestant/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

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