George Fox

Quaker Founder English 1624 – 1691

Founder of Society of Friends; emphasized inner light.

385 quotes

"When fear departs, possibility opens before you."
Courage
"The work of God is never finished; each generation must take it up anew."
Leadership
"To seek truth is to seek the face of God."
Truth
"Beauty is found not in adornment, but in authenticity."
Beauty
"The conscience of the collective is awakened by the courage of the individual."
Leadership
"To practice gratitude is to practice presence in the divine moment."
Gratitude
"The Divine speaks in many languages; listen for it in all people."
Faith
"Power obtained through deception is no power at all."
Truth
"To die for what you believe is easier than to live for it; choose the harder path."
Perseverance
"The smallest act of love echoes into eternity."
Love
"To question is not to doubt; it is to seek deeper truth."
Wisdom
"The light within you is not separate from the light in all things."
"Imagination is the faculty through which the Divine speaks to the creative spirit."
Creativity
"To stand for nothing is to fall for everything."
"The path of righteousness is narrow, but those who walk it discover freedom."
Freedom
"Hope in the darkness is the greatest revolutionary act."
Hope
"To understand yourself is to understand the universe."
Philosophy
"The seed of God is in you. Now the Justice of God waits to see the Harvest."
Faith
"Be patterns, be examples in all places, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people."
Leadership
"I saw that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love which flowed over the ocean of darkness."
Hope
"Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone."
Kindness
"The Quaker way is not to argue but to live the truth."
Truth
"True godliness does not turn men out of the world but enables them to live better in it."
Life
"You will say Christ saith this, and the apostles say this; but what canst thou say?"
Wisdom
"Know one another in the eternal light, not in the darkness of the flesh."
Relationships
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, and that love must be expressed in daily life."
Love
"Every person has a measure of the light of Christ within them."
Faith
"Seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near."
Faith
"I was commanded to turn people from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God."
Change
"Do you feel after God? Then you shall find Him."
Wisdom