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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
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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Able Men Speak Speech
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
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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Christian Men Understanding
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
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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Democracy Men Passion
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Firsts Impossible Men

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

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