Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is no better way to learn than to teach.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our 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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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