Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAn ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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