Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is no better way to learn than to teach.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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