The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Those 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.
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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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