William Penn, the Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, saw time as a divine gift—precious yet often squandered. In 1693, he captured this wisdom in Some Fruits of Solitude, a collection of reflections on life and virtue, where he famously observed, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” In an era where life was uncertain and often brief, his words served as a call to live with intention. Today, they remain just as relevant—while we constantly wish for more time, it is finite. In this edition of “Three on Thursday,” we examine different aspects of time. 

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