None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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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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