St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

Faith then is not a conclusion from premises, but the result of an act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

The weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

Fear not that your life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

People say that the doctrine of transubstantiation is difficult to believe; I did not believe the doctrine until I was Catholic. I had no difficulty in believing it as soon as I believed that the Catholic Church was the oracle of God, and…

It is our duty to live among books; especially to live by one book, and a very old one. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

This is the very definition of a Christian: one who looks for Christ. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

O happy soul, who hast loved neither the world nor the things of the world apart from God! Happy soul, who, amid the world’s toil, hast chosen the one thing needful, that better part which can never be taken away! — St. John Henry Cardinal…

To me nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming, as the Mass. … It is not a mere form of words — it is a great action, the greatest action that can be on earth. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman