Loss and Gain Quotes

“Boys do not fully know what is good and what is evil; they do wrong things at first almost innocently. Novelty hides vice from them; there is no one to warn them or give them rules; and they become slaves of sin, while they are learning what sin is.”
― John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert

“The minds of young people are pliable and elastic, and easily accommodate themselves to any one they fall in with.”
― John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert

“The heart is a secret with its Maker; no one on earth can hope to get at it or to touch it.”
― John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert

“he had now come, in the course of a year, to one or two conclusions, not very novel, but very important:—first, that there are a great many opinions in the world on the most momentous subjects; secondly, that all are not equally true; thirdly, that it is a duty to hold true opinions; and, fourthly, that it is uncommonly difficult to get hold of them.”
― John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert