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date: 19 September 2024

George Fox 1624–91
English founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers) 

  1. I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness.
    Journal 1647
  2. I told them I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.
    on being offered a captaincy in the army of the Commonwealth, against the forces of the King
    Journal 1651
  3. Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.
    Journal 1656
  4. Be still and cool in thy own mind and spirit from thy own thoughts, and then thou wilt feel the principle of God to turn thy mind to the Lord God.
    Journal 1658
  5. All bloody principles and practices, we, as to our own particulars, do utterly deny, with all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end or under any pretence whatsoever. And this is our testimony to the whole world.
    Journal 1661