1801-1890, British Preacher
From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Religion]
It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Gentlemen]
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Faith]
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Wish and Wishing]
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Perfection]
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.
Cardinal J. Newman – [Virtue]