William Penn Quotes

• A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

  William Penn

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  Tags in Means, Sanctify, End, Evil

• Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

  William Penn

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Lawful, Promise

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

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  Tags in Time

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

  William Penn

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Nourishment, Rest, Silence

• Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

  William Penn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Think, Will

• For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

  William Penn

  Topics in Death

  Tags in Eternity

• To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.

  William Penn

  Tags in Zeal

• To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

  William Penn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Ethics, Good, Evil

• A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

  William Penn

  Topics in Friendship

  Tags in Adventure, Friends

• Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

  William Penn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Persistence, Faith, Patience

William Penn (50)

Birth:	14th October, 1644
Death:	30th July, 1718
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Entrepreneur, Philosopher

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