"There is in stillness oft a magic power……" — 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 Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies."
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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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