Quaker Quotes

69 quotes by 51 authors

And if you love the light, then you come to the light to be proved, and tried whether your works be wrought in God. But… — Margaret Fell
The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things wherein we are subject to… — Kenneth E. Boulding
The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by… — William Penn
Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards every… — John Woolman
But as there is a keeping back, and quietly waiting, and a keeping out of willing or running, and haste, the spirit arises purely and… — Francis Howgill
Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more. — William Penn
Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way,… — William Penn
Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life. — A J Muste
Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break the raging pride… — Thomas Raymond Kelly
There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up… — Kenneth E. Boulding
Wherefore give all diligence to the Spirit's motion and leadings, what it moves against, and what it leads to; for now will God make all… — James Nayler
The only way to seek God is to seek God first. Deny the nayward, affirm the yeaward, be true to those stirrings and motions which… — Jean Toomer
Now, Friends, deal plainly with yourselves, and let the eternal Light search you, and try you, for the good of your souls. For this will… — Margaret Fell
Let us no longer be blinded by the dim theology that only in the far seeing vision discovers a millennium, when violence shall no more… — Lucretia Mott
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in… — William Penn
From the steady opposition which faithful Friends in early times made to wrong things then approved, they were hated and persecuted by men living in… — John Woolman
The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice… — Bayard Rustin
For the real difference between happiness and joy is that one is grounded in this world, the other in eternity. Happiness cannot encompass suffering and… — Elise M. Boulding
The way of God was ever hated by the world and the powers thereof. Never heed the rough spirits nor the heavy, for their bound… — Francis Howgill
Is religion subjective? Nay, its soul is in objectivity, in an Other whose Life is our true life, whose Love is our love, whose Joy… — Thomas Raymond Kelly

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