Thinking is the hardest work we can do, and among the most important

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.

Prayer is seeing His greatness to the extent we can receive it.

One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control others. If we are silent, who will take control? God will take control, but we will never let him take control until we trust him. Silence is intimately related to trust.

Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.