Every wise man, therefore, will allow others the same liberty of thinking which he desires they should allow him; and will no more insist on their embracing his opinions, than he would have them to insist on his embracing theirs. He bears with those who differ from him, and only asks him with whom he desires to unite in love that single question, “Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart?”

John Wesley (1703-1791) English cleric, Christian theologian and evangelist, founder of Methodism

Sermon #39, “Catholic Spirit,” I.6

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