Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA good man’s life is all of a piece.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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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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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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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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