“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill, what never dies.”

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

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.”

“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”

“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”

“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief!”

“Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.”

“Say, is not absence death to those who love?”

“I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.”