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(1703-1791) Church of England cleric, Christian theologian, a founder of the Methodist movement

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There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.

– John Wesley

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Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.

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Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

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Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

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My cool judgement is, that if all the other doctrines of devils which have been committed to writing since letters were in the world were collected together in one volume, it would fall short of this; and that, should a Prince form himself by this book, so calmly recommending hypocrisy, treachery, lying, robbery, oppression, adultery, whoredom, and murder of all kinds, Domitian or Nero would be an angel of light compared to that man.

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Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

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A feast of dedication; yet he calls it a feast to Jehovah; for as brutish as they were, they did not design to terminate their adoration in the image; but they made it for a representation of the true God...yet this did not excuse them from gross idolatry.”

– John Wesley

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Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

– John Wesley

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Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

– John Wesley

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I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

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Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.

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The best of it is, God is with us.

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The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

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Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

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