Essence Quote by John Wesley Download Open image “Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.” — John Wesley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Essence Money Proportion Religion Riches
Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion. And yet… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, the more vital Godliness has declined. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Churches are more prosperous than at any time within the past several hundred years. But the alarming thing is that our gains are mostly… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
When a society lacks God, even prosperity is joined by a terrible spiritual poverty. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Religions prosper in large part because of the communities that they create. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
If religion were a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die. — Peter Paul And Mary Copy Share Image
Despite its protests to the contrary, modern Christianity has become willy-nilly the religion of the state and the economic status quo. Because it has been so exclusively dedicated to incanting anemic souls into Heaven, it has been made the tool of much earthly villainy. It has, for the most part, stood silently by while a predatory economy has ravaged the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share
I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“Those without enough love experience rage, but love drives rage away.” — John Wesley Copy Share Image
I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“I had a sort of faith during my early life. But devils also have a sort of faith. Still, neither they nor I received… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments. — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence of life; — Agnivesh Copy Share Image
When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave… — Minor White Copy Share Image
It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give it water… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image