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
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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.
Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.
They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
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.
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.