Richard WhatelyLose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.373Love
Richard WhatelyEveryone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.351Truth
Richard WhatelyAs one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'315Truth
Richard WhatelyNever argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.326Life
Richard WhatelyEvery instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. ✨ Richard Whately (1856… ▶349PoliticsThought
Richard WhatelyIt is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly. 261ThoughtTimeTruth
Richard WhatelyNot in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral and historic truth, and no less of passion and imagination laid up, from … ▶306LoveReadingTruth
Richard WhatelyHe only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ✨ Richard Whately (1839). Essays on Some of the Dangers to Christian Faith, p.335275Hope
Richard WhatelyIt is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms:… ▶231ThoughtTime
Richard WhatelyUnless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.266HumanityLoveTruth
Richard WhatelyCuriosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. ✨ Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately, p.491212Death
Richard WhatelyA man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.245Humanity
Richard WhatelyTo know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.279Love
Richard WhatelyA man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.202Reflection
Richard WhatelyIt is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley, p.71215ThoughtTime
Richard WhatelyHe who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley, p.16… ▶2610Thought
Richard WhatelyIt is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth. ✨ Richard Whately (1854). Essays (second Series) on Some of the … ▶2510Truth
Richard WhatelyNeither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophth… ▶183HumanityThoughtTruth
Richard WhatelyThe best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding nece… ▶184ThoughtTime
Richard WhatelyManners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.228Sadness
Richard WhatelyTo be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts … ▶2310Thought
Richard WhatelyIn our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.208HumanityPolitics
Richard WhatelyHonesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. ✨ 'Apophthegms' p. 219154Truth
Richard WhatelyTo follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). T… ▶148Thought
Richard WhatelyThe word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbi… ▶149ThoughtTruth
Richard WhatelyHappiness is no laughing matter. ✨ 'Apophthegms' p. 2181410Humor
