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
wise men fool
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
men soul good-man
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
god men
Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
friends true-friend delight
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
god men deny
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
men law grace
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
dwelling conscience
Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
grace sin incompatibility
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
men hypocrisy soul
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.
jesus human-nature christ
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
teacher acceptance law
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.
charity
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
inspirational empty
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
humility sobriety mind
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.