However I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
In those days slavery was not looked upon even in Quaker Philadelphia with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
I was a catastrophe at Science and Games but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.
Neither of my parents went to church but they did everything that you needed to do to be Christian. That's something a Quaker would call an intimation of the divine.
If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.
However ironically I was baptized Presbyterian and went to a Quaker school for twelve years
He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers but by diligent hard work he overcame them.
Out here you better have a gun and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said 'Trust in the Lord but keep your powder dry.
NON-COMBATANT n. A dead Quaker.
By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman which I like to call double jeopardy.
My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night for instance I was mugged by a quaker.
I Love Spirituality it reminds me of the Old Quaker Oats Commercial. "Nothing is better for thee than me"!
As for us we were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the sacredness of human life.
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism if you like is the beginning of faith anyway.
The Quaker upbringing was not strict but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away ones worldly goods.
The Quaker upbringing was not strict but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods.
In returning I read a very different book published by an honest Quaker on that execrable sum of all villanies commonly called the Slave-trade.
In the context of Quaker worship it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.
I'm teaming up with Quaker and PLAY 60 to encourage kids to eat right stay active and do something outside for at least 60 minutes a day.
The Quaker loves an ample brim A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.
The kids go to a Quaker school. Their father and I believe a lot in community social responsibility making sure you give to people less fortunate than you.
With our sympathy for the wrongdoer we need the old Puritan and Quaker hatred of wrongdoing; with our just tolerance of men and opinions a righteous abhorrence of sin.
I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian was baptized and joined a church.
I wasn't really aware they were a religious organization for quite some time. But my grandparents were very devout and ran a Quaker meetinghouse and were missionaries at one point.
There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this respect I am a Quaker.
I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies... True happiness comes from helping others that's what was pounded in my head from day one... So that began my teaching journey.
There is no way to find yourself until you discover how utterly to lose yourself.
Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.