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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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