Believe things, rather than man.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Beliefs
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Modesty
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Dignity
Sins of the mind have less infamy than those of the body, but not less malignity.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Sin
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Self-Discovery
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.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Happiness
Joy is the life of man’s life.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Joy
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Bible
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Self-Discovery
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?
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Speaking
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Selfishness, Humility
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Richard Hooker English Theologian, Political Theorist
- Desmond Tutu South African Clergyman
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) British Anglican Author
- Thomas Aquinas Italian Catholic Priest
- Henri Nouwen Dutch Catholic Priest
- George Herbert Welsh Anglican Poet
- William Ralph Inge English Anglican Clergyman
- E. Stanley Jones American Methodist Priest
- Laurence Sterne Irish Anglican Novelist
- Sydney Smith English Preacher
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