John Wesley (28 June 1703 - 2 March 1791) was an English preacher, and founder of the Methodist movement.
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Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise," they are all comprised in this one word, love. I look on all the world as my parish... The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.Miscellaneous
- ...when Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety,it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath,but a crown that fadeth not away.
- From the Preface to A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists,(c 1779) .New edition edition (30 Aug 1990),Abingdon Press,U.S.; ISBN 978-0687462186
- I observed, "Love is the fulfilling of the law, the end of the commandment." It is not only "the first and great" command, but all the commandments in one. "Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise," they are all comprised in this one word, love.
- Wesley quoting his own sermon on "The Circumsicion of the Heart" (1 January 1733) in the work A Plain Account Of Christian Perfection (Edition of 1777)
- I look on all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation.
- Journal (11 June 1739)
- The distinguishing marks of a Methodist are not his opinions of any sort. His assenting to this or that scheme of Religion, his embracing any particular set of notions, his espousing the judgment of one man or of another, are all quite wide of the point. Whosoever therefore imagines, that a Methodist is a man of such or such an opinion, is grossly ignorant of the whole affair; he mistakes the truth totally. We believe indeed, that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and herein we are distinguished from Jews, Turks, and Infidels. We believe the written word of God to be the only and sufficient rule, both of Christian faith and practice; and herein we are fundamentally distinguished from those of the Romish church. We believe Christ to be the eternal, supreme God; and herein we are distinguished from the Socinians and Arians. But as to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think. So that whatsoever they are, whether right or wrong, they are no distinguishing marks of a; Methodist.
- "The Character of a Methodist" (1739); in The Works of the Rev. John Wesley in Ten Volumes (1826), Volume IV, p. 407; A portion of this is commonly quoted as "Think and let think."
- Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.
- Letter (27 June 1760), published in The Works of the Rev. John Wesley (1813) Vol. XVI, p. 109
- Variant: Every one, though born of God in an instant, yea, and sanctified in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.
- As quoted in an 1856 edition of Works.
- The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself, and less from others. Go thou and do likewise!
- Letter to Reverend Samuel Furley (25 Janurary 1762), Published in The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M. A., Founder of the Methodists (1872) by Luke Tyerman, p. 451
- Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
- Letter to Joseph Benson (7 November 1768); published in The Letters of John Wesley (1915) edited by George Eayrs
- Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason. It is our part, by religion and reason joined, to counteract them all we can.
- Letter to John Benson (5 October 1770); published in Wesley's Select Letters (1837), p. 207
- In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker, on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade.
- Journal (12 February 1772) after reading Some historical accounts of Guinea by Anthony Benezet
- Are you a man? Then you should have an human heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as Compassion there? Do you never feel another's pain? Have you no Sympathy? No sense of human woe? No pity for the miserable? When you saw the flowing eyes, the heaving breasts, or the bleeding sides and tortured limbs of your fellow-creatures, was you a stone, or a brute? Did you look upon them with the eyes of a tiger? When you squeezed the agonizing creatures down in the ship, or when you threw their poor mangled remains into the sea, had you no relenting? Did not one tear drop from your eye, one sigh escape from your breast? Do you feel no relenting now? If you do not, you must go on, till the measure of your iniquities is full. Then will the Great GOD deal with You, as you have dealt with them, and require all their blood at your hands.
- Thoughts Upon Slavery (1774)
- No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.
- Thoughts upon Slavery (1774)
- Permit me, sir, to give you one piece of advice. Be not so positive; especially with regard to things which are neither easy nor necessary to be determined. When I was young I was sure of everything. In a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before. At present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to man.
- Reply to a letter signed "Philosophaster" addressed to him in the London Magazine of 1774, in London Magazine 1775, p. 26
- I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.
- Journal entry (1 August 1777), published in The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley (1827), p. 104
- Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.
- Letter (10 December 1777)
- I desire to have both heaven and hell ever in my eye, while I stand on this isthmus of life, between two boundless oceans.
- Letter to Charles Wesley
- Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.
- Sermon 50 "The Use of Money" in The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. (1840) edited by John Emory, Vol. I, p. 446
- Popularly paraphrased as: Make all you can, Save all you can, Give all you can.
- Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
- Sermon 93 On Dress. Compare: "Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God", Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning, Book ii (1605)
- I believe that He was made man, joining the human nature with the divine in one person; being conceived by the singular operation of the Holy Ghost, and born of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, as well after as before she brought Him forth, continued a pure and unspotted virgin.
- In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.
- Popery Calmly Considered (1779): The works of the Rev. John Wesley, 1812, London : Printed at the Conference - Office ... by Thomas Cordeux, agent, vol. XV, p. 180 - Google Books
- The best of it all is, God is with us.
- A statement among his final words, said to have been repeated two or three times, as quoted in The Living Wesley (1891) by James Harrison Rigg
- Variants: The best of it is, God is with us. Best of all, God is with us.
- I am always in haste, but never in a hurry.
- As quoted in the "Saturday Review" (28 November 1874)
- As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.
- As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 127
- The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.
- As quoted in England in the Eighteenth Century (1714 - 1815) (1964) by J. H. Plumb, p. 94
- Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
- As quoted in The Peaceful Path of Prosperity : Practical and Spiritual Approaches to Enrich Your Life with Your Inner Wealth (2001) by Danny Babineaux
- I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.
- As quoted in The Law of Rewards : Giving What You Can't Keep to Gain What You Can't Lose (20030 by Randy C. Alcorn, p. 18
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