Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life. — A. J. Muste Copy Share Image
From the steady opposition which faithful Friends in early times made to wrong things then approved, they were hated and persecuted by… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
This gathered worship, as Quakers call it, is not only absence of noise. Gathered worship springs from the reverent, silent expectation that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things, therefore, that I can do, any good kindness that I… — Stephen Grellet Copy Share Image
I'm not a good Quaker, really I'm not, but it's a lovely thing to aspire to. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
I wasn't really aware they were a religious organization for quite some time. But my grandparents were very devout and ran a… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
But as there is a keeping back, and quietly waiting, and a keeping out of willing or running, and haste, the spirit… — Francis Howgill Copy Share Image
My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The only way to seek God is to seek God first. Deny the nayward, affirm the yeaward, be true to those stirrings… — Jean Toomer Copy Share Image
Speak the truth. Speak it loud and often, calmly but insistently, and speak it, as the Quakers say, to power. Material accumulation… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names.… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
“Her breasts were showing and Mr. Player, who was a very strong Quaker, didn't think that was quite proper.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The way of God was ever hated by the world and the powers thereof. Never heed the rough spirits nor the heavy,… — Francis Howgill Copy Share Image
On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever by walking to the bank at Greenwich to get the money to… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies... True happiness comes from helping others, that's what was pounded in… — Greg Jackson Copy Share Image
I am never very forward in offering spiritual consolation to any one in distress or disease. I believe that such resources, to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
