I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils.William Wordsworth
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
— WILLIAM PENN
English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania · 1644 – 1718
William Penn was an English Quaker, philosopher and entrepreneur who founded the Province of Pennsylvania as a refuge of religious tolerance. His writings, including No Cross, No Crown and Fruits of Solitude, reflect his pacifism and democratic principles.
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