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

Quote by John Henry Newman

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

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.

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...

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.

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 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.