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.
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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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That power is in vain which is never in 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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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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