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 WHICHCOTEAmong politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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