Henry Edward Manning Quotes

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

One of the chief duties which [the Christian] will punctually and carefully fulfill is the duty of prayer. You will remember in the Book of Acts, when Saul the persecutor was converted by a special miracle, the sign given of his conversion was this: "Behold he prayeth." Prayer is the breath of the soul. Just as breathing is the sign of life, prayer is the sign of the life of the soul.

You may have living and habitual conversation in heaven, under the aspect of the most simple, ordinary life. Remember that holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.

A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.

One must overcome history by dogma.

Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.

To those who are His all things are not only easy to be borne, but even to be gladly chosen. Their will is united to that will which moves heaven and earth, which gives laws to angels, and rules the courses of the world.

Our character is our will; for what we will we are.

To put labour and wages first and human ordomestic life second is to invert the order of God and of nature.

Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.

A habit of devout fellowship with God is the spring of all our life, and the strength of it.

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.