The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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 never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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