“ Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of ever heresy. To be allowed to remove a few grains of ignorance, and to throw a few rays of light on God's precious word… J.C. Ryle
“ Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you. J.C. Ryle
“ Hell, hell fire, the damnation of hell, eternal damnation, the resurrection of the damnation, everlasting fire, the place of torment, destruction, outer darkness, the worm that never dies, the fire th… J.C. Ryle
“ Christ is to the souls of men what the sun is to the world. He is the center and source of all spiritual light, warmth, life, health, growth, beauty, and fertility. Like the sun, He shines for the com… J.C. Ryle
“ We live in a day of abounding vagueness and indistinctness on doctrinal subjects in religion. Now, if ever, it is the duty of all advocates of clear, well-defined, sharply-cut theology, to supply proo… J.C. Ryle
“ Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no b… J.C. Ryle
“ He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said… J.C. Ryle
“ It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, “I know it and will not cry for mercy. J.C. Ryle
“ Like infants, when they are born into the world, God's children are not born again in the full possession of their spiritual faculties; and it is well and wisely ordered that it is so. What we win eas… J.C. Ryle
“ It is not possible to say too much about Christ. But it is quite possible to say too little about hell. J.C. Ryle
“ Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors. J.C. Ryle
“ Christ's death is the Christian's life. Christ's cross is the Christian's title to heaven. Christ "lifted up" and put to shame on Calvary is the ladder by which Christians "enter into the holiest," an… J.C. Ryle
“ Let there be no mistake in your mind as to the special character of the man who has come to Christ, and is a true Christian. He is not an angel, he is not a half-angelic being, in whom is no weakness,… J.C. Ryle
“ It is useless to say you have no time. There is plenty of time, if men will employ it. Time may be short, but time is always long enough for prayer. Daniel had the affairs of a kingdom on his hands, a… J.C. Ryle
“ The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep. J.C. Ryle
“ Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer. J.C. Ryle
“ Young man, be of good courage. Care not for what the world says or thinks: you will not be with the world always. Can man save your soul? No. Will man be your judge in the great and dreadful day of ac… J.C. Ryle
“ Be wise in time. What youth sows, old age must reap....Sow to yourself rather in righteousness: break up your fallow ground, sow not among thorns. J.C. Ryle
“ That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against....We must spread out all our case before our heavenly Physician, if He is to give us daily relief. J.C. Ryle
