Quote#Wisdom
A necessity of my reason constrains me to believe the existence of…
Quote byHenry Edward Manning · 1808–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Religio Viatoris (London: Burns and Oates, 1887), p. 1..
English (original)
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 know that I am. I am either uncaused, or self-caused, or caused by a cause.
— Henry Edward Manning
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