Quotes from John Henry (Cardinal) Newman

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

Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem [From shadows and symbols into the truth]!

May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last!

In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

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.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom;Lead thou me on!The night is dark, and I am far from home;Lead thou me on!Keep thou my feet: I do not ask to seeThe distant scene; one step enough for me.

It is thy very energy of thoughtWhich keeps thee from thy God.

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.