William Penn
William Penn
William Penn24 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 October 1644
CityLondon, England
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.
For though Death be a dark passage, it leads to immortality, and that is recompence enough for suffering of it.
There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
Let us see what love can do.
Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.