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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Dwelling
Conscience

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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.
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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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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?
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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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