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 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.
perfection use pleasure
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
thinking self fit
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
men self wonder
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
believe men belief
Believe things, rather than man.
flower soul sun
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
jealous men guilty
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
needs repent angry
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
fear evil
Fear is prophetical of evil.
mind guilt done
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
heaven moments hours
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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.