Be still and cool in your own mind and spirit, and you will feel the principle of God . . .

"Be still and cool in your own mind and spirit from your own thoughts, and then you will feel the principle of God to turn your mind to the Lord God from whom life comes; whereby you may receive his strength and power to allay all blusterings, storms, and tempests."

George Fox, 17th century
Founder of the Friends (Quakers)

"There is a principle which is pure - placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however, pure, and proceeds from God. It is deep and inward, confined to no forms of religion, nor excluded from any, when the heart stands in perfect sincerity. In whomsoever this takes root and grows, they become brethren."

John Woolman, 18th century
Quaker writer

"Words may help and silence may help, but the one thing needful is that the heart should turn to its Maker as the needle turns to the pole. For this we must be still."

Caroline Stephen, 19th century
Quaker writer

Photos: Red cliffs and Watson Lake, Bellvue, CO, December 28, 2014

Too much business leads to hurry.

"I have observed that too much labour not only makes the understanding dull, but intrudes upon the harmony of the body . . . As laying out business more than is consistent with pure wisdom is an evil, so this evil frequently leads into more. Too much business leads to hurry. In the hurry and toil, too much strong drink is often used, and hereby many often suffer loss as to a true composedness of mind."

John Woolman,
18th century Quaker

Photos: (Top) Cottonwood trees and Greyrock, just across the street from my house, Larimer County, CO, October 22, 2014 (Middle) Thimbleberry leaf, with Horsetooth Rock in the background, Horsetooth Mountain Park, CO, October 22, 2014; (Bottom)  Wild Plum bushes and Arthur's Rock, Lory State Park, CO, October 16, 2014