More Quotes by William Penn
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.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.
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.
