"The union of a sect within itself is……" — Joseph Glanvill
"The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ; and they that love one another for their opinionative concurrence, love for their own sakes, not their Lord's."
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Joseph Glanvill
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12 Quotes by Joseph Glanvill
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What's impossible to all humanity may be possible to the metaphysics and physiology of angels.
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We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from…
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And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God…
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And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.
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It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the…
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That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility…
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The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.
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Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble…
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To converse at the distance of the Indes by means of sympathetic contrivances may be as natural to future times…
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Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without hope of emancipation.
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That though we are certain ofmany things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remainsthe possibility of our…
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More Charity Quotes
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
— Bernard Baruch
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
— Yogi Berra
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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