J.C. Ryle: Quotes about the world

J.C. Ryle was Anglican bishop. Explore interesting quotes on world.

J.C. Ryle: 124 quotes11 likes

“All the sciences in the world never smoothed down a dying pillow. No earthly philosophy ever supplied hope in death.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 530.

“Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.”

Mark XIV: 53–65, p. 329
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

“The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.”

Mark IX: 30–37, p. 187
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

“Without a divine call no one can be saved. We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God, unless He first called us by His grace.”

Mark II: 13–22, p. 31
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

“We must give up the idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes.”

Vol. I, Luke VII: 31–35, p. 230
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)

“The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.”

Source: A Call to Prayer (1867), p. 35

“[T]here is more to be learned at the foot of the cross than anywhere else in the world.”

"What Think You of the Cross?", p. 284
Startling Questions (1853)

“Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ's followers get from the world.”

Vol. II, John XII: 20–26, p. 334
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)