It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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