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Quote by William Penn

“Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.”

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William Penn, born on October 14, 1644, and died on July 30, 1718, was an English author, politician, and religious leader. He is renowned for his contributions to religious freedom and democratic politics, as well as for being the founder of the state of Pennsylvania. more

“You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.”

Ifs Persons Law Given Grace Mercy Fortune Fixed Resolution Governors Sober Industrious

Author:William Penn

“Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.”

Ends Seems Government Institutions Sacred

Book:Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn: who settled the state of Pennsylvania, and founded the city of Philadelphia

Source: Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn: who settled the state of Pennsylvania, and founded the city of Philadelphia

“If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools. With mushrooms it is so simple - you salt them well, put them aside and have patience. But with love, you have no sooner lighted on anything that bears even the remotest resemblance to it than you are perfectly certain it is not only a genuine specimen, but perhaps the only genuine mushroom ungathered.”

Ifs Wells Certain Simple Love You Bears Genuine Salt Mushrooms Resemblance Having Patience False Love Toadstools

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

“By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with what I love - the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun, all that we mean when we speak of the external world. I want to enter into it, to be part of it, to live in it, to learn from it, to lose all that is superficial and acquired in me and to become a conscious, direct human being. I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.”