Benjamin Whichcote Men Quotations

Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

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.

Let not a man's self be to him all in all.

Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.

None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

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.

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

Believe things, rather than man.

No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

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.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

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.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.

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?

Joy is the life of man's life.

A good man's life is all of a piece.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.

No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.

Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.

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.