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Ability is sexless.

John Henry Newman

Ability

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

John Henry Newman

Men

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

John Henry Newman

Gentleman

Pain

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

John Henry Newman

Gentleman

Pain

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

John Henry Newman

Being

Content

Growth is the only evidence of life.

John Henry Newman

Life

Growth

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

John Henry Newman

Wisdom

Memory

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

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.

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.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.