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Joseph Butler Quotes

Joseph Butler quotes

English Clergyman May 18, 1692 – June 16, 1752

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Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature. Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler quote: "There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural..."
There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of. Joseph Butler
However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it. Joseph Butler
The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else. Joseph Butler
Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others. Joseph Butler
This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words. Joseph Butler
God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect. Joseph Butler
The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written. Joseph Butler
Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed. Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler quote: "Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with."
Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with. Joseph Butler
As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow. Joseph Butler
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler quote: "The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to..."
The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. Joseph Butler
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Joseph Butler
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? Joseph Butler

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