Quotes by George Fox

About George Fox:

George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.
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Sing and rejoice ye children of the day and the light; for the Lord is at work in this thick night of darkness that may be felt: and the Truth doth flourish as the rose, and lilies do grow among the thorns and the plants atop the hills, and upon them...

George Fox

Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit.

George Fox

I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness.

George Fox

Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?

George Fox

Take care that all your offerings be free, and of your own, that has cost you something; so that ye may not offer of that which is another man's, or that which ye are entrusted withal, and not your own.

George Fox

When the Lord sent me forth into the world, He forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low.

George Fox

The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them.

George Fox

Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Fox
  • DescriptionEnglish Dissenter and founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
  • BornJuly, 1624
  • DiedJanuary 13, 1691
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTheologian