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 willpower blind
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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.
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.
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.
men harm can-do
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
men speech able
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?
men joy
Joy is the life of man's life.
men good-man pieces
A good man's life is all of a piece.
men soul good-man
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
god men
Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.