Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having. — William Penn Copy Share Image
That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder… — William Penn Copy Share Image
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
We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all… — 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
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
Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask,… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side; for men… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue — William Penn Copy Share Image
The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it… — William Penn Copy Share Image
To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases… — 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
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
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