British - Clergyman | February 21, 1801 - August 11, 1890
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
John Henry Newman
LifeChangeLivePerfectChanged
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
BelieveBrainyChooseAnswerable
Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
MenDieFallWillVictimConclusion
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
PainGentlemanSayNeverAlmostWho
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
PeopleNameLivingDeadTransport
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
LoveHeroBe StrongWorldStrong
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
ManFindNothingFaultWellWould
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
FindDoneNothingFaultWellWould
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.
LifeFearBeginningEndNeverCome
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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Ability is sexless.
Ability
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
SelfishRewardWillVirtueNever
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