“I am never very forward in offering spiritual consolation to any one in distress or disease. I believe that such resources, to be of any service, must be self-evolved in the first instance. I am something of the Quaker's mind in this, and am inclined to wait for the spirit.” MindFirstsBelieveSelfSpiritualSpiritI BelieveWaitingDiseaseResourcesInstanceOfferingDistressConsolationQuaker Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge