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John Henry Newman [1801-1890] British

Rank: 102
Clergyman, Theologian

John Henry Newman CO was a Catholic cardinal and theologian who was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s.

Life, Wisdom, Age, Brainy, Change, Fear, Great, Love, Men, Religion, War

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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.	Age, Religion	101
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.	Great	102
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.	Brainy	103
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.	Love, Men	104
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.	Wisdom	105
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.	War	106
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.	Change, Life	107
Growth is the only evidence of life.	Life	108
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.		109
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.		110
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.	Fear	111
Ability is sexless.		112
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.		113
Calculation never made a hero.		114
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.		115
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.		116
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.		117
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.		118
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.		119
It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.		120
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.		121
We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.		122
If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.		123
Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.		124
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.		125
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.		126
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.		201
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.	Wisdom	202
It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.		203
Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.		204

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