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

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

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.
John Henry Newman

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
John Henry Newman

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
John Henry Newman

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.
John Henry Newman

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
John Henry Newman

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.
John Henry Newman

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
John Henry Newman

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
John Henry Newman