William Penn Quotes (116 Quotes)


    He that has more knowledge than judgment, is made for another man's use more than his own.

    Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.

    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.

    Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die

    Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.


    It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.

    Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

    I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

    Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

    It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

    Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

    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.

    If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

    Never marry but for love but see that thou lovest what is lovely

    Seek not to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, the other in Content which Wealth can never give.

    O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

    Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

    God is better served in resisting a Temptation to Evil, than in many formal Prayers.

    The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

    A Man in Business must put up many Affronts, if he loves his own Quiet.

    Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise

    It is wise not to seek a secret and honest, not to reveal one.

    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.

    For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

    It is a reproach to religion and government to suffer so much poverty and excess.

    Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

    Governments, like docks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined also. Therefore governments depend upon men rather then men upon governments.

    Eat therefore to live, and do not live to eat.

    A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

    Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

    No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.

    Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

    Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

    Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

    Sexes make no Difference since in Souls there is none And they are the Subjects of Friendship.


    A private Life is to be preferred the Honor and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it

    Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

    Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature . . . no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.

    The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men.

    The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume but a good stomach excels them all


    She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend

    Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

    Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it For where there is not Love there is Fear But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love. What we Love, well Hear what we Love, well Trust and what we Love, well serve, ay, and suffer for too. If you love me (says our Blessed Redeemer) keep my Commandments. Why Why then hell Love us then we shall be his Friends then hell send us the Comforter then whatsoever we ask, we shall receive and then where he is we shall be also, and that for ever. Behold the Fruits of Love the Power, Vertue, Benefit and Beauty of Love Love is above all and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.

    Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

    A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him

    No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

    Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

    Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.


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