More Quotes by William Penn
The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.
Never despise what you don't understand.
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
