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 private Life is to be preferred; the Honor and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it
The truest end of life is to know that life never ends.
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.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.
He that lives in love lives in God.
A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.
Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.
The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
Drunkenness spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans man. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.