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“The deepest need of humans is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God. We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of the soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.”

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Thomas Raymond Kelly
Thomas Raymond Kelly

Thomas Raymond Kelly, born in Ireland in 1893, was a prominent Quaker mystic. His life was marked by a deep pursuit of spiritual life and reflection on the common values of humanity. Active in the early 20th century in the United States, his thoughts had a profound impact on the Quaker faith. more

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