Lay Superfluities Aside
"Were all superfluities and the desire of outward greatness laid aside, and the right use of things universally attended to, such a number of people might be employed... Read more.
Get Down to the Sure Foundation
"Friends may dig deep, may carefully cast forth the loose matter and get down to the rock, the sure foundation, and there hearken to that Divine voice which gives... Read more.
Give Over Desiring to Know or to Be Anything
"Small Treasure to a resigned Mind is sufficient. How happy is it to be content with a little, to live in Humility."... Read more.
Beware Lest by Our Example We Lead Others Wrong
"To conform a little to a wrong way strengthens the hands of such who carry wrong customs to their utmost extent; and the more a person appears to be virtuous and... Read more.
Love for the Least Creature
"I was early convinced in my mind that true religion consisted in an inward life wherein the heart doth love and reverence God the Creator and learns to exercise... Read more.
There Is a Principle Which Is Pure
"There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names: it is, however, pure, and proceeds from... Read more.
Are the Seeds of War Nourished by Your Possessions?
"May we look upon our treasures, and the furniture of our houses, and the garments in which we array ourselves, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment... Read more.
John Woolman: He Agreed to Set Her Free.
"A neighbour… desired me to write his will: I took notes, and, amongst other things, he told me to which of his children he gave his young negro: I considered... Read more.
Love Was the First Motion
"Love was the first motion, and thence a concern arose to spend some time with the Indians, that I might feel and understand their life and the Spirit they live... Read more.