"In this world no one rules by love;……" — John Henry Newman
"In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing."
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John Henry Newman
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96 Quotes by John Henry Newman
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Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has…
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its…
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of…
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the…
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Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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Somehow I am necessary for God's purpose, as necessary in my place as an archangel in his.
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God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has…
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The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite,…
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O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us…
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A cloud of incense was rising on high; the people suddenly all bowed low; what could it mean? The truth…
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More Amiable Quotes
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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give…
— Jane Austen
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
— Samuel Butler
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
— Lord Byron
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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more…
— Joseph Addison
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She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but…
— William Shakespeare
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In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to…
— John Desmond Bernal
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No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.
— Seneca the Elder
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A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, [Niels] Bohr is one…
— Albert Einstein
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I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and…
— Queen Victoria
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If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.
— Benjamin Franklin
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The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such…
— H. L. Mencken
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