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
men repentance cases
Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
eye men cases
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.
men self selfishness
Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
men willpower blind
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
wise wisdom men
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
men idols carrie
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
men credit letters
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.
men self wonder
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
believe men belief
Believe things, rather than man.
jealous men guilty
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
thinking men action
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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.
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.
christian men understanding
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.