Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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