Henry Edward Manning quotes

Praise consists in the love of God, in wonder at the goodness of God, in recognition of the gifts of God, in seeing God in all things He gives us, ay, and even in the things that He refuses to us; so as to see our whole life in the light of God; and seeing this, to bless Him, adore Him, and glorify Him. (Henry Edward Manning)
Our character is our will; for what we will we are. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
God knows that I would rather stand in the lowest place within the Truth, than in the highest without it. Nay, outside the Truth the higher the worse. It is only so much more opposition to Truth, so much more propagation of falsehood. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
The softness, and the glare, and the temptations, and the licence, and the lax examples about us, are more seducing and dangerous than the winter of penal laws. They hardened the manhood of Catholic parents. The summer sun relaxes many. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
All human conflict is ultimately theological. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
A necessity of my reason constrains me to believe the existence of God, because I can in no other way account for my own existence. I am either uncaused, or self-caused, or caused by a cause. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
God attracts us to Him by instincts, and desires, and aspirations after a happiness higher than sense, and more enduring, more changeless, than this mortal life. God speaks to us articulately in the stirring life of nature, and in the silence of our own being. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
No ignorance of truth is a personal sin before God, except that ignorance which springs from personal sin. View quote
Henry Edward Manning
There are only two centres, God and ourselves; and we must rest on one or the other. We cannot rest on both. View quote
Henry Edward Manning