346 Quotes by William Penn

The more merciful acts thou dost, the more mercy thou wilt receive.

No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. In this divine glass, they see face to face, and their converse is free as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

Be humble and gentle in your conversation; and of few words, I charge you; but always pertinent when you speak.

A true friend unbossoms freely, address justly, assists readily, adventure boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Unless virtue guides us, our choice must be wrong.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil feelings and intentions.

A reasonable opinion must ever be in danger where reason is not judge.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason for so many senseless scholars in the world.