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

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.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Children do not find it difficult or complicated to talk to their parents, nor do they feel embarrassed to bring the simplest need to their attention. Neither should we hesitate to bring the simplest requests confidently to the Father.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside. We cannot attain or earn this righteousness of the kingdom of God: it is a grace that is given.