John Henry Newman Quotes

Calculation never made a hero. - John Henry Newman quote.

Calculation never made a hero.
— John Henry Newman An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

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Growth is the only evidence of life.
— John Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita Sua

growth

From shadows and symbols into the truth. - John Henry Newman quote.

From shadows and symbols into the truth.
— John Henry Newman

Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives. - John Henry Newman quote.

Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives.
— John Henry Newman

Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.
— John Henry Newman

health

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. - John Henry Newman quote.

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
— John Henry Newman Oxford University Sermons

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Living Nature, not dull Art, shall plan my ways and rule my heart. - John Henry Newman quote.

Living Nature, not dull Art, shall plan my ways and rule my heart.
— John Henry Newman

A university . . . by its very name professes to teach universal knowledge. - John Henry Newman quote.

A university . . . by its very name professes to teach universal knowledge.
— John Henry Newman

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. - John Henry Newman quote.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
— John Henry Newman

action perfection

A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called a grammar.
— John Henry Newman The Idea of a University

memory

Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it. - John Henry Newman quote.

Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
— John Henry Newman Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England

perfection

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for. - John Henry Newman quote.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
— John Henry Newman

language ideas

A University is, according to the usual designation, an Alma Mater, knowing her children one by one, not a foundry, or a mint, or a treadmill. - John Henry Newman quote.

A University is, according to the usual designation, an Alma Mater, knowing her children one by one, not a foundry, or a mint, or a treadmill.
— John Henry Newman The Idea of a University

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