More Quotes by William Penn
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
