Henry Edward Manning Quotes

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

Henry Edward Manning

#2. One must overcome history by dogma.

Henry Edward Manning

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

Henry Edward Manning

#4. 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.

Henry Edward Manning

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

Henry Edward Manning

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

Henry Edward Manning

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

Henry Edward Manning

#8. 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.

Henry Edward Manning

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

Henry Edward Manning