Joy is the life of man’s life.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEntrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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