William Penn - Evil Quotes

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To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

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Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

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A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it. Some Folks think they may Scold, Rail, Hate, Rob and Kill too; so it be but for God's sake. But nothing in us unlike him, can please him.

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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

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To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

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Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.

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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.

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