William Penn

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God; and to do that, thou must be ruled by him who has given to kings his grace to command themselves and their subjects, and to the people the grace to obey God and their kings.

He that has more knowledge than judgment, is made for another man’s use more than his own.

Eat therefore to live, and do not live to eat.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its clothes off.

Cultivate kindness today and always.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

Are you using your pain as an excuse or as a source of strength?