God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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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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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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