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. John Henry Newman on age
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience. John Henry Newman on best
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. John Henry Newman on change
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. John Henry Newman on change
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. John Henry Newman on fear
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. John Henry Newman on life
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. John Henry Newman on religion
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. John Henry Newman on wisdom
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. John Henry Newman on ability
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. John Henry Newman on evil
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. John Henry Newman on memory