Author: John Woolman

Quotes

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 age, I begin this work.

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 age, I begin this work.

- John Woolman

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.

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.

- John Woolman

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.

- John Woolman

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

- John Woolman

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