“Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man.”

— William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I

About William Penn

1644 – 1718

English Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, author of "Some Fruits of Solitude".

“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”

“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”

“Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it.”

“All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”

“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”

“Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.”

“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?"”