All William Penn Quotes
- I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again. Kindness
- It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats. Creatures
- To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. Evil
- That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches. Covetousness
- Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and… Achievement
- Friendship is the union of spirits... Friendship
- The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ. Adventure
- 'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. Overcome
- Let us, then, try what love will do, for if people once see we love them, we should soon find that they would not harm… Find
- By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine; but… Any
- Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have… Abundance
- My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man. Budge
- Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd. Authority
- We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion. Call
- Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms. Arms
- I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now. Any
- Many able Gardeners and Husbandmen are yet Ignorant of the Reason of their Calling; as most Artificers are of the Reason of their own Rules… Able
- Anything less than full justice is cruelty. Anything Less
- The best recreation is to do good. Best
- The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by… Christ
- Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more. Blame
- Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way,… Behind
- That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in… Ancient
- [Tho]ugh death be a dark passage; it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith lights us, even… Cannot Hold
- For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience Conscience