What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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