175 Quotes by John Henry Newman

There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

An academical system without the personal influence of teachers on pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create an icebound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.

Man is emphatically self-made.

Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.