“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 is set, and their limit known; but mind the Seed, which hath dominion over all. And forsake not the assembling of yourselves together in which you have found God and his promise and power and blessing amongst you, your understanding opened.”
Quote by 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 is our joy, whose Peace is our peace, whose burdens are our burdens, whose Will is our will. Self is emptied into God, and God in-fills it.”
“... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'”
“...the more strictly and faithfully every man and woman lives up to the guidance and teaching of this Inward Anointing - and never turns aside to the right hand or left for the precepts and traditions of men - the more instruction and help they afford one another.”
Source: Letters of E. Hicks, including also observations on the slavery of the Africans, etc
“O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639
“Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)
“Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)
“You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents
“I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“What you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to go their way, people to obey them without comment or delay and, in a manner of speaking, to be adored.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653
“If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.”
Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653