Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAh! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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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 Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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