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
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.
law judging
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
enjoy
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
humility sobriety mind
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
wise men fool
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
mind body disease
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
neighbor made
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
dignity unworthy
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
pride conceited self
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
wise men mind
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
dwelling conscience
Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
superstitions judgment conscience
Conscience without judgment is superstition.