True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Quote by William Penn

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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is...

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of...

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of...

The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of...

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the...

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the...

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of...

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of...

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...