The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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