More Quotes by William Penn
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.
Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
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.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.