We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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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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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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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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