Quotes by William Penn, page 3

William Penn - English colonial leader

Was born on 14 oct 1644.
Died on 30 jul 1718, at 73 years old.

Origin country: United Kingdom

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help: the rest is cruelty, not justice.

Quote by William Penn about opinion, cruelty, justice, help, rest, heart, rightness

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Quote by William Penn about time, use

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

Quote by William Penn about man, bad luck, bad

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Quote by William Penn about man, world

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Quote by William Penn about mind, sleep, silence, rest, body, spirit

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

Quote by William Penn about truth

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

Quote by William Penn about love, praise, virtue