True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. — William Penn Copy Share Image
What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“(advice to his children) Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of… — 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… — 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… — 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… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” — William Penn Copy Share Image
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us. — 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
