"Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience……" — John Tillotson
"Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness and rending in pieces the Church of Christ by needless separations and endless divisions."
—
John Tillotson
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
33 Quotes by John Tillotson
John Tillotson has 33 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than…
-
In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
-
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
-
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
-
Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and…
-
Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
-
How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon…
-
There is little pleasure in the world that is true and sincere beside the pleasure of doing our duty and…
-
Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease…
-
For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were…
-
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received…
-
He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool…
See all 33 quotes by John Tillotson »
More Almost Wholly Quotes
This quote is filed under Almost Wholly Quotes,
one of 16 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut…
— Arthur Eddington
-
I went to the trash pile at Tuskegee Institute and started my laboratory with bottles, old fruit jars and any…
— George Washington Carver
-
It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods.
— Thomas Jefferson
-
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is…
— Alfred North Whitehead
-
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and…
— Thomas Huxley
-
The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private…
— Russell Kirk
-
Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, - passing travellers singing. My being was so…
— Henry David Thoreau
-
My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give…
— Enid Blyton
-
I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different.
— Josh Lieb
-
When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a…
— Donna Tartt
-
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end…
— P.G. Wodehouse
-
He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not.
— Chris Bohjalian
See all 16 Almost Wholly Quotes »