Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEJoy is the life of man’s life.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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 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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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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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