William Penn Quotes About Love
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
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A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.
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Let us then try what Love will do: For if Men do once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us.
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It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
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