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E. Stanley Jones

theologian, missionary

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1884  – 1973

Eli Stanley Jones (1884–1973) was an American Methodist Christian missionary, theologian, and author. He is remembered for his interreligious lectures to the educated classes in India. His seminal work, The Christ of the Indian Road (ISBN 0-687-06377-9), sold more than a million copies worldwide after its publication in 1925. As of 2018, three million copies of his books have been sold. He is a founder in the Christian ashram movement. In 1938, Time called Jones "the world's greatest Christian missionary.".

All Quotes by E. Stanley Jones

“Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“We grow small trying to be great.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“He [ Krishnamurti ] has received divine honors in India and in the West. I had a long interview with him, found him of average intelligence, of rather lovable disposition, of mediocre spiritual intuitions, and heard him swear in good, round English! I came away feeling that if he is all we, as a race, have to look to in order to get out of the muddle we are in, then God pity us.”
— E. Stanley Jones
“Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.”
— E. Stanley Jones