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
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
No religion is better than an unnatural one.
Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ.
He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.
Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.
Never despise what you don't understand.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Eat... to live, and do not live to eat.
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.