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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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