The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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