William Penn Quotes
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.
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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
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Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God; nor can we fear what we do not believe.
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Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
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If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it; not considering the lawful ends may be very unlawfully attained.
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If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
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Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
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Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.
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Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
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It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.
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Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.
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It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
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Anything less than full justice is cruelty.
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Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.
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There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.
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Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.
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What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.
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The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.