In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. — William Penn Copy Share Image
You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by… — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please… — William Penn Copy Share Image
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine;… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. — William Penn Copy Share Image
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the… — William Penn Copy Share Image
