Quotes by William Penn on Happiness, Prosperity, and Wisdom

„We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.“

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William Penn was the founder of the Pennsylvania colony and a writer.

This quote reflects the significance of adversity as a source of wisdom and true happiness.


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Inspirational William Penn quote about happiness, prosperity, adversity, and wisdom

William Penn founded the Pennsylvania colony in what is now the United States. He is known for his 1693 essay "Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe," which addressed issues of peace and politics. Penn was an important advocate for tolerance and peace.

The Law of Prosperity quote by Ralph Waldo TrineCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"This is the law of prosperity: When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it, and always look forward for better things, for conditions more prosperous. To hold yourself in this attitude of mind is to set into operation subtle, silent, and irresistible forces that sooner or later will actualize in material form that which is today merely an idea. But ideas have occult power, and ideas, when rightly planted and rightly tended, are the seeds that actualize material conditions." Ralph Waldo Trine
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"It is a proverbial expression that every man is the maker of his own fortune, and we usually regard it as implying that every man by his folly or wisdom prepares good or evil for himself. But we may view it in another light, namely, that we may so accommodate ourselves to the dispositions of Providence as to be happy in our lot, whatever may be its privations." Alexander von Humboldt
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Inspirational C. S. Lewis quote image about God, life, and true happinessCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?" C. S. Lewis
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Leo Tolstoi quote about life as service, purpose, and joyCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The idea, shared by many, that life is a vale of tears, is just as false as the idea shared by the great majority, the idea to which youth and health and riches incline you, that life is a place of entertainment. Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." Leo Tolstoi
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