J. C. Ryle Quotes

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today.

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else.

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago. With spirituality comes morals, a better way of thinking.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated.

We all have that power to have a soul that magnifies God.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Let us realize the state we are in. Let us learn what needs to be learnt. Religion and God demand it.

What is attained by a developed thinking is not visions but spiritual sight of realities; what is attained by a developed will is not ordinary soul-experiences but the discovery of a consciousness different from the ordinary.

Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.

We have all had times...when we have seen things from God's standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. ...[I]t is in the valley where we live for the glory of God.

Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sin grieve the heart of God. We cannot tolerate failure in our struggle with sin chiefly because we are success oriented, not because we know it is offensive to God.

All our problems are spiritual, and our only spiritual problem is not realizing we are spiritual.

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart.