Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIf 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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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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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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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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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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 Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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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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