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 WHICHCOTEHe that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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