He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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It 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.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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