The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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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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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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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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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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