None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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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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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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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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