To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives..

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these ….

O, that we who declare war against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light, and therein examine our foundation and m….

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, an….

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures..

There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however, pure and p….

I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did….

If a man successful in business expends a part of his income in things of no real use, while the poor employed by him pass through difficulties in ge….

I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will be….

To consider mankind other than brethren...plainly supposes a darkness of understanding..

Conduct is more convincing than language..

To say we love God as unseen and at the same time exercise cruelty toward the least creature moving by His life or by life derived from Him, was a co….

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society,….

After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to th….

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my ag….

While I meditate on the gulf towards which I travelled, and reflect on my youthful disobedience, for these things I weep, mine eye runneth down with ….

Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards every livin….

When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect ….

Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all..

Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom which is of the world; and in t….

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720..