When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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