John Woolman

“To say that we are resigned to the will of God, and yet strive to have our own, is a contradiction.”

“To turn all the treasures of poetry and art into one's own private possession would be to cheat oneself of their final value; for the gift of creation is never fully possessed until it is shared.”

“The place of prayer is a precious habitation.”

“As I lived under the cross, and simply followed the openings of Truth, my mind from day to day was more enlightened.”

“To labour for a perfect redemption from this spirit of oppression is the great business of the whole family of Christ Jesus in this world.”

“Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and proceedings contrary to universal righteousness are supported; and here oppression, carried on with worldly policy and order, clothes itself with the name of justice and becomes fashionable.”

“To have doctrines offering deliverance to the soul in the world to come, while the poor are so treated in this world, is to me an inconsistent religion.”

“Conduct is more convincing than language.”

“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 learn to exercise true justice and goodness.”

“Frequent meditation on the use of all things, and on the design of the great Creator, would so enlighten our minds, that we should not be at a loss to see our duty.”