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"[It] certainly provides an accessible introduction for those looking for texts for students or to get a decent overview of this tradition." Dr. Paul Hedges – British Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin, 148 (May 2026)

“…as a teaching tool this may well be a useful resource to get a sense for students of not only what Quakerism is in terms of it as a tradition but also how this actually works out, at least ideally, in the lives of Quakers.” Dr. Paul Hedges – BASR Bulletin, 148 (May 2026)

Digger, Gerrard Winstanley and Quaker, James Nayler seem to have drawn inspiration from the same stream of 17th century radical Puritanism.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil the Great

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth. Rob Bell

...the metaphors of a temple of living stones and a body with many parts points in the direction of an ecological perspective... Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers, p.47.

"The prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures and Jesus in the Gospels... denounce the use of religion to sacralize unjust privilege and to ignore the needs of the people." Rosemary Radford Ruether - Prophetic Tradition and the Liberation of Women

"No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.“ Paulo Freire – Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor. Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children” Martin Luther King Jr.

The faith and practice of the first generation of Friends combined a complex mix of characteristics that presented future generations with a set of creative tensions to be negotiated and interpreted. The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, p.28

"Action is the antidote to despair." Joan Baez

“Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.” Peter Kropotkin

"Your 'yes' to God requires your 'no' to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor..." Dietrich Bonhoffer

Anabaptists and Quakers have been united in their opposition to the entire Christendom system and their desire to return to the vital and simple faith of Jesus, the apostles, and the earliest Church as this was described in the New Testament. The Historic Peace Church Contribution

All the diverse expressions of the Quaker faith in the world today look back to the founding mothers and fathers of the Quaker movement for inspiration... they each interpret this received tradition in quite different ways, emphasising some characteristics at the expense of others.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing. Raymond Williams

"Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.“ Arundhati Roy

“Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot.” Emma Goldman

The earliest Friends took the reality of evil very seriously, but they also believed that God could liberate them from sin in this life. This created a dynamic tension between human fallibility and the possibility of perfection... The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, p.155

Social justice is love applied to systems, policies, and government practice. Now why wouldn't people who profess belief in God, who is love, want that? Bernice A. King