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Famous John Henry Newman Quotes
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.”
“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”
Source: Parochial and Plain Sermons
“Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.”
“The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.”
Source: John Henry Newman: Spiritual Writings
“Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.”
Source: The Idea of a University
Source: The Works of Cardinal Newman
Source: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England: Addressed to the Brothers of the Oratory in the Summer of 1851
Source: The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Tract 90 and the Jerusalem Bishopric, January 1841-April 1842
“All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.”
Source: Sermons, Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief: Preached Before the University of Oxford