Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
—Benjamin Whichcote
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
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
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
—Benjamin Whichcote
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Self-Discovery
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Dignity
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Humility, Selfishness
Sins of the mind have less infamy than those of the body, but not less malignity.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Sin
Believe things, rather than man.
—Benjamin Whichcote
Topics: Beliefs
Joy is the life of man’s life.
—Benjamin Whichcote
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William Ralph Inge English Anglican Clergyman
E. Stanley Jones American Methodist Priest
Sydney Smith English Preacher
Laurence Sterne Irish Anglican Novelist