Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

Quote by John Henry Newman

Topics: Evil Quotes

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well...

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well...

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

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

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

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a...

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but...

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but...

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them...

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it...