The good and the wise lead quiet lives.Fruits of Solitude, 1792
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William Penn was an English Quaker leader, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony where religious freedom and peaceful cohabitation with the Native American tribes were promoted. Known for his advocacy of democracy and human rights, Penn played a significant role in the establishment of the principles of religious tolerance and fair treatment of indigenous peoples in the early American colonies.
1644–1718·lived 73 years
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.Fruits of Solitude, 1792
Time is what we want most and what we use worst.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.Some Fruits of Solitude, p. 45, 1682
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.Fruits of Solitude, p. 45, 1693
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.Some Fruits of Solitude, p. 45, 1682
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.Some Fruits of Solitude, p. 45, 1682
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.Quaker faith & practice, 2.13, 1699
That’s all 9 quotes by William Penn.