What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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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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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.
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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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