If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

Quote by John Henry Newman

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Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

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...

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things...

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

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...

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...

Ability is sexless.

Ability is sexless.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.