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…

Quote by John Henry Newman

Topics: Age Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

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...

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

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

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

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...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

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...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

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...

With the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost...

With the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost...

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are...

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

Come, let us make love deathless.

Come, let us make love deathless.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...