Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcotewas a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Benjamin Whichcote quotes about
teacher learning taught
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.
life wish ends
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.
becoming mercy repentance
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.
light darkness mysterious
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light--so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
prayer real done
All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours.
together may reason
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
reason acknowledge
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
heaven religion doe
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
thinking religion reform
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.
men willpower blind
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
wisdom conceited errors
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
wise wisdom men
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
hereafter
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
men idols carrie
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.