Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEverything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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