John Woolman Quotes

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. - John Woolman

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

The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to folly; at times I felt sharp reproof, but I did not get low enough to cry for help. - 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. - John Woolman

My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me. - John Woolman

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. - John Woolman

Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor. - John Woolman

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720. - John Woolman

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