Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEGod imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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 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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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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