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God Quotes by William Penn
- In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good…
- If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who will not be…
- That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of…
- [I]t is impossible that any people of government should ever prosper, where men render not unto God, that which is God's, as well as to…
- Next to God, thy parents.
- The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men.…
- Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion…
- It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
- God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
- Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God;…
- Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to…
- The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
- 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…
- Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.
- 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…
- Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.
- Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
- Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
- Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
- Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to…
- Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But…
More God Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi