There are a couple of good books out by a non-quaker but spiritual lady (also an artist) named Sue Bender who spent some time in a Quaker community. The emphasis was on seeking simplicity in life, learning to not rush from place to place - it was not only what she said (since this is a message we hear from time to time), however, but how well she said it, and how she evoked that simpler way of life, that made am impression on me.
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