Conscience without judgment is superstition.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETake away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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That power is in vain which is never in 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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