O, Begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercises... Whether you like it or no, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days... Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer.
John WesleyBeware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.
John WesleyThey say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring.
John WesleyFierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in hell.
John WesleyBy salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.
John Wesley