"True religion is slow in growth, and, when……" — John Henry Newman
"True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers."
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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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Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.
— Theodor Adorno
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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the…
— Samuel Johnson
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Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward.…
— Dan Barker
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Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget…
— Laozi
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In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we…
— Marion G. Romney
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Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart…
— Charles Spurgeon
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You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Death is not as terrible as you think. It comes to you as a healer. Sleep is nothing but a…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
— Honore de Balzac
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