William Penn Quotes
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And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine; but the exercise of ourselves in a visible way of worship, upon our believing it to be indispensably required at our hands, that if we neglect it for fear of favor of any mortal man, we sin and incur divine wrath.
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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
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It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
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That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience to it, are not God's people, whatever name they may bear, or profession they may make of religion. This is their ancient, first, and standing testimony: with this they began, and this they bore, and do bear to the world.
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She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
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It is impossible that any people of government should ever prosper, where men render not unto God, that which is God's, as well as to Caesar, that which is Caesar's.
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There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.
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Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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Choose thy clothes by thine own eyes, not another's.
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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The public must and will be served.
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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.