William Penn Quotes
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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the world; and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil society, shall, in no ways, be molested or prejudiced for their religious persuasion, or practice, in manners of faith and worship, nor shall they be compelled, at any time, to frequent or maintain any religious worship, place or ministry whatever.
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Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.
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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
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Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.
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Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way, and he that stays behind, lose his guide.
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It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.
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It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
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Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.
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There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.
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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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The usefulest truths are the plainest.
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Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.
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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
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It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.
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False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected.
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It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.
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To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom.