If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEOnly madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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