More Quotes by William Penn
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
Never despise what you don't understand.
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.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
Oppression makes a poor country.
