--- title: "2 Amish Quotes By Nancy Sleeth" description: "2 Amish quotes by Nancy Sleeth. Plus more from Nancy Sleeth and more Amish sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whi_1585313.jpg" --- > [“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sleeth/the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whirlpool-of-change/) Nancy Sleeth [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whi_1585313.jpg) > [“To air dry clothes by choice is countercultural. And who, more than any other group in twenty-first-century America, is both countercultural and committed to air drying clothes? Has intact families? Healthy communities? Gardens, home-cooked meals, and uncluttered homes? Restrained use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sleeth/to-air-dry-clothes-by-choice-is-countercultural-and-who-more-than-any/) Nancy Sleeth [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_to-air-dry-clothes-by-choice-is-counterc_2902818.jpg) ## Other authors on Amish - [Ora-Jay Eash 31 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amish/ora-jay-eash/) - [Sarah Price 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amish/sarah-price/) ## More by Nancy Sleeth > [“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sleeth/the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whirlpool-of-change/) Nancy Sleeth > [“To air dry clothes by choice is countercultural. And who, more than any other group in twenty-first-century America, is both countercultural and committed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sleeth/to-air-dry-clothes-by-choice-is-countercultural-and-who-more-than-any/) Nancy Sleeth ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amish/nancy-sleeth/#itemlist", "name": "2 Amish Quotes By Nancy Sleeth", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy Sleeth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sleeth/the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whirlpool-of-change/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whi_1585313.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whi_1585313.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/nancy-sleeth-101287_amish_the-amish-are-islands-of-sanity-in-a-whi_1585313.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.” — Nancy Sleeth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To air dry clothes by choice is countercultural. 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