There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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