John Hales

“Heresy and schism are two theological scarecrows.”

“Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil.”

“Prayer is the key of the day and the lock of the night.”

“Authority is the greatest and most irreconcilable enemy to truth and argument that this world has ever furnished out.”

“I would renounce the religion of the Church of England tomorrow, if it obliged me to believe that any other Christian should be damned.”

“To be still searching what we know not by what we know, still closing up truth to truth as we find it... this is the sovereign's perfection that resideth in God himself.”

“It is not the variety of opinions, but the refusal of toleration to them, which has produced all the bustles and wars in the Christian world.”

“Universality is such a proof of truth, as truth is of universality.”

“The pursuit of truth is a good sport.”

“Pride and passion are the two great hindrances to the progress of truth.”