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
Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God; nor can we fear what we do not believe.
But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
Nor yet be overeager in pursuit of any thing; for the mercurial too often happen to leave judgment behind them, and sometimes make work for repentance.
Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals
Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.
Sexes make no Difference; since in Souls there is none: And they are the Subjects of Friendship.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely
It is a profitable Wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and Pains are spared, in not flattering our selves against Probabilities.
Friendship . . . is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.
Have wholesome, but not costly Food, and be rather cleanly than dainty in ordering it.
Have a care, therefore, where there is more sail than ballast.
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue