William Penn

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

Do Good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show…let me do it now.- William Penn

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Of all debts men are least willing to pay the taxes. What a satire is this on government! Everywhere they think they get their moneys worth, except for these.

Why is that others have so much faith in me, while I have so little? Why can’t I have the same belief in me that they have? Why can’t I see in myself, what they do? What is it that makes me, hold myself back? How many more hurdles do I need to overcome? There are so many questions that I have to find the answers to. And I will only find them by focusing and being completely honest with myself.

Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning’s greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.

The memory of a day like today reminds me to hold the ones I love that much tighter, that much longer… Take that much more time to be present and to feel the blessing of another day…

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

I desire to gain your Love and Friendship by a kind, Just and Peaceful Life.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.