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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAmong politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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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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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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