We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEverything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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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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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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