It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Let us then try what Love will do: For if Men do once see we love them, we should soon find they… — William Penn Copy Share Image
[I]t is impossible that any people of government should ever prosper, where men render not unto God, that which is God's, as… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they… — William Penn Copy Share Image
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Let us, then, try what love will do, for if people once see we love them, we should soon find that they… — William Penn Copy Share Image
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences — William Penn Copy Share Image
Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue… — William Penn Copy Share Image
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest. — 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