Author: William Penn

Quotes

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

- William Penn

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

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

- William Penn

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

- William Penn

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

- William Penn

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

- William Penn

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

- William Penn

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

- William Penn

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

- William Penn

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

- William Penn

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