We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEModesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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