More Quotes by William Penn
Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
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.
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.
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
