I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost st... - John Henry Newman

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

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

"The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men."

"I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards."

"Growth is the only evidence of life."