Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEReligion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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