Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEFear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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 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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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