Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEvery profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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