John Wesley Quotes

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve.

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.

Philippians 1:21 is very special to me because it helps to keep my life centered.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference.

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words.

Secretly incredible people keep what they do as one of God's best-kept secrets because the only one who needs to know - the God of the universe - already knows.

I use what God had given me. I don't wish for anything else. I don't wish I can be a high-flier.

I am someone without an ego.

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

Keep us little and unknown, prized and loved by God alone.

Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him, and he cared more about the story then he did about himself.

Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him). He does not seek gain, but does not despise his followers who do. He struggles not for wealth, but does not take credit for leaving it alone... The ranks and emoluments of the world are to him no cause for joy, it's punishments and shame no cause for disgrace.

Mary’s life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble.

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.

Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my Christian cause.

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus