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.

Quote by John Henry Newman

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

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.