William Penn Quotes
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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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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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For we put the power in the people.
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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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The usefulest truths are the plainest.
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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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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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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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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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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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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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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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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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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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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
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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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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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Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.
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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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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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Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side; for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
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True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We have nothing that we can call our own; no, not our selves: for we are all but Tenants, and at Will, too, of the great Lord of our selves, and the rest of this great farm, the World that we live upon.