Source: Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education: Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin
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Famous John Henry Newman Quotes
“Great things are done by devotion to one idea.”
Source: Historical Sketches
Source: The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman Volume IX: Littlemore and the Parting of Friends May 1842-October 1843
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
Source: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.”
“We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.”
Source: Sermons, Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief: Preached Before the University of Oxford
“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”
Source: Parochial and Plain Sermons
“Growth is the only evidence of life.”
Source: Apologia pro Vita Sua
“A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.”
“Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.”
Source: Rise and Progress of Universities And, Benedictine Essays
Source: The Quotable Newman: A Definitive Guide to His Central Thoughts and Ideas
“The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.”
Source: John Henry Newman: Spiritual Writings
“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.”
“Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.”
Source: Parochial and Plain Sermons
“And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.”
Source: Lyra apostolica
“When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.”
“Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.”
Source: Verses on Various Occasions
Source: Prayers, Verses, and Devotions
Source: The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: I. In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin ; [II] In Occasional Lectures and Essays Addressed to the Members of the Catholic University
Source: Apologia pro Vita Sua
Source: Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education: Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin
“Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.”
Source: The Idea of a University
“Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.”
Source: Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations
Source: Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert
Source: The Idea of a University
Source: Poetry with reference to Aristotle's poetics. Introduction of rationalistic principles into revealed religion. Fall of La Mennais. Palmer's view of faith and unity. Theology of St. Ignatius. Prospects of the Anglican Church. The Anglo-American Church. Selina, Countess of Huntingdon
Source: Selection, Adapted to the Seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year: From the Parochial & Plain Sermons
“It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.”
“Calculation never made a hero.”
Source: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine