He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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