Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESome are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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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 is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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