Conscience without judgment is superstition.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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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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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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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