Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAh! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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