Elias Hicks

“The great and important duty which is incumbent on us, is to be still and listen to the voice of the divine teacher in the soul.”

“Light and truth are in all mankind, and by this they are to be saved, and by nothing else.”

“My only dependence is on the inward revelation of the spirit of God.”

“There can be no true worship, acceptable to God, that is not in spirit and in truth.”

“The first step for a sinner to return to God is to be still.”

“Nothing is a greater evidence of a deistical spirit than to oppose the sensible and immediate influence of the spirit of God.”

“To look for a Saviour without, is to look for him where he is not to be found.”

“For the Scriptures, and all the books in the world, can do no more than point us to the fountain.”

“All the books in the world cannot make a Christian, but the spirit of God can.”

“The law of God is written in our hearts, and is plain and simple.”

“Every one must come to the light of Christ in his own soul, and stand in it, and walk in it.”

“We must give up our own wills, and be willing to be led and guided by the spirit of truth.”

“Our happiness depends upon our conformity to the will of our heavenly Father.”

“I felt it my duty to be a slave to God and his righteousness, and to that only.”

“What is all the learning in the world compared with the knowledge of God in our own hearts?”