An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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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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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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