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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Joy is the life of man's life. -- Benjamin Whichcote
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself. -- Benjamin Whichcote
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience. -- Benjamin Whichcote
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public. -- Benjamin Whichcote
A benefactor is a representative of God. -- Benjamin Whichcote
A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more. -- Benjamin Whichcote
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone. -- Benjamin Whichcote
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Conscience without judgment is superstition. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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 Whichcote
We are only so free that others may be free as well as we. -- Benjamin Whichcote
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian. -- Benjamin Whichcote
All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Fear is prophetical of evil. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it. -- Benjamin Whichcote
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good
a mere stranger will do no harm. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world. -- Benjamin Whichcote
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Believe things, rather than man. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Christ is God clothed with human nature. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel. -- Benjamin Whichcote
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor. -- Benjamin Whichcote
A good man's life is all of a piece. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us. -- Benjamin Whichcote
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 Whichcote
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty. -- Benjamin Whichcote
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The judge is nothing but the law speaking. -- Benjamin Whichcote
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be. -- Benjamin Whichcote
There is no better way to learn than to teach. -- Benjamin Whichcote
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light
so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times. -- Benjamin Whichcote
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that does not repent, sins again. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Let not a man's self be to him all in all. -- Benjamin Whichcote
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves. -- Benjamin Whichcote
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature. -- Benjamin Whichcote
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. -- Benjamin Whichcote
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here. -- Benjamin Whichcote
That power is in vain which is never in use. -- Benjamin Whichcote
