Quotes from William Penn

Excess in Apparel is another costly Folly. The very Trimming of the vain World would cloath all the naked one.

If thou art clean and warm, it is sufficient; for more doth but rob the Poor, and please the Wanton.

For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.

Amuse not thy self therefore with the numerous Opinions of the World, nor value thy self upon verbal Orthodoxy, Philosophy, or thy Skill in Tongues, or Knowledge of the Fathers; (too much the Business and Vanity of the World). But in this rejoyce, That thou knowest God, that is the Lord, who exerciseth loving Kindness, and Judgment; and Righteousness in the Earth.

Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the Fume is spent; For every Stroke our Fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.

True godliness doesn't turn us out of the world, but enables us to live better in it, and excites our endeavors to mend it... Christians should keep the helm and guide the vessel to its port; not meanly steal out at the stern of the world and leave those that are in it without a pilot to be driven by the fury of evil times upon the rock or sand of ruin.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it now.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.

Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.

Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.

Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.