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
religion contention unnatural
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
belief old-testament denominations
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
political religion politics
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
thinking men action
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
learning way teach
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
passion men democracy
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
charity benefactors representatives
A benefactor is a representative of God.
knowledge known knows
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
half mysterious imperfect
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
evil good-and-evil be-good
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
opportunity be-good known
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
men firsts impossible
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.
power use vain
That power is in vain which is never in use.
superstitions judgment conscience
Conscience without judgment is superstition.