Quotes by William Penn

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He who lives for eternal life does not fear death.

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The first to get angry is the one who is not right.

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One of the worst mistakes we make is to spoil a good thing through improper use.

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Every blow we take when we are angry will eventually backfire on us.

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Beware of flatterers - they are robbers in disguise.

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To be innocent is to have no guilt, and to be charitable is to overcome your own negative feelings and intentions.

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I believe we only live life once. Therefore, if there is any goodness in me that I can show, or if there is an act that I can use to make the life of any of my fellow humans easier, I must do it now, I cannot delay or forget about it, since I will never do it again.

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Like a sea between them, death is only for friends: they live in each other even then. Everything must be here, who lives and loves in it, what is present everywhere. A heavenly mirror that sees you face to face, each other freely and without sin. This gives a friend relief, even if everything is transient, the friend and the companion, the purest bond between them, is still eternal, because it is immortal.

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Without pain there is no glory; there is no throne without steps; without thorns there is no crown.

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Good is good even when everyone is against it, and bad is bad even when everyone is for it.