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30 quotes by John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman Other names "Dr. Newman", "Cardinal Newman" Era 19th-century philosophy Region Western Philosophy School Aristotelianism Empiricism Personalism Main interests Faith and rationality Religious epistemology Historical Theology Christian apologetics Philosophy of education Liberal education Notable ideas The Development of doctrine The Illative sense Influences Aristotle, Cicero, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Athanasius,...
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

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

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Growth is the only evidence of life.

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

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Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

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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... →

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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

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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... →

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

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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

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Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

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Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

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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... →

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