J. C. Ryle Quotes

Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.

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• What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

  

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• It's very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation.

  

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• A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.

  

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• I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

  

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• Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.

  

  J. C. Ryle
  • Christian
  • Religious