None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEntrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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That power is in vain which is never in 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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If 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.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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