“When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.”
John Woolman was a prominent eighteenth-century merchant and Quaker social reformer from Pennsylvania. He is known for his advocacy of peace, justice, and the abolition of slavery. Woolman's writings and personal example influenced many in the movement for social reform. more
“Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”
“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”
“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”