Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIf 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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