Quotes by : John Henry Newman

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt, as I understand the subject; difficulty and doubt are....

God knows what is my greatest happiness, but I do not. There is no rule about what is happy and good;....

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot....

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Lead kindly Light amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on! The night is dark and I am far from....

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the....