The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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