John Wesley Quotes

1703–1791, British Preacher, Founder of Methodism · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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What do these mean?
Topic
“Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.”
VerifiedLetter to John Benson (5 October 1770); published in Wesley's Select Letters (1837), p. 207 · evidenceDetails & citeReason
“Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.”
VerifiedLetter to Joseph Benson (7 November 1768); published in The Letters of John Wesley (1915) edited by George Eayrs · evidenceDetails & citeBooks and Reading
“The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.”
Churches
“Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”
Money
“I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.”
Motivation
“My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.”
Bible
“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.”
Writers and Writing
“Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that ''God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself,'' but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Faith
“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.”
DisputedNo reliable source from John Wesley's lifetime: Credited to 'Dr. Murray' in 1852, who had it from an anonymous man. · evidenceDetails & citeKindness
“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.”
MisattributedListed as misattributed to John Wesley; no source in their known works. · evidenceDetails & citeEnthusiasm