John Henry Newman Quotes


There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.


Citations

Newman, John Henry. Verses on Various Occasions. Burns, Oates, and Co., 1868, p. 11.

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John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
  • Born: February 21, 1801
  • Died: August 11, 1890
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Henry Newman was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.