John Henry Newman Quotes about Love

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: Go down again - I dwell among the people.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

John Henry Newman

Love, God, Voice

Without self-knowledge you have no root in yourselves personally; you may endure for a time, but under affliction or persecution your faith will not last. This is why many in this age (and in every age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church. They cast off the form of truth, because it never has been to them more than a form. They endure not, because they never have tasted that the Lord is gracious; and they never have had experience of His power and love, because they have never known their own weakness and need.

John Henry Newman

Love, Self, Roots

John Henry Newman (1997). “Parochial and Plain Sermons”, p.39, Ignatius Press

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.

John Henry Newman

Love, Strong, Powerful

John Henry Newman, Mary Katherine Tillman (2001). “Rise and Progress of Universities And, Benedictine Essays”, p.85, Gracewing Publishing