Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWill, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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