He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThose who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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 good man’s life is all of a piece.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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