More Quotes by William Penn
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
