Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.
Richard WhatelyAs the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.
Richard WhatelyDo you want to know the man against whom you have most reason to guard yourself? Your looking-glass will give you a very fair likeness of his face.
Richard WhatelyReason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.
Richard Whately