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We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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Never despise what you don't understand.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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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.
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The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by the light of Christ in the consciences of men, though it be contrary to their own inclinations.
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Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
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No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.
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For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
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Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.
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