Discover the Quaker way
The Quaker way of life is simple, contemporary and radical. Quakers worship in stillness, seek out the light of God within us all and work for peace, social justice and the environment.
...I can be radical. I don't have to rebel about stuff that doesn't matter, it is a way I can be heard about things that matter to me. I am very strongly pacifist, and it is somewhere that I can show that, and find other people who think the same. I can be myself, and I don't have to talk...
Diary of a Young Quaker
Ola
I think probably Quakerism to me is the silence. When I think about things, especially when I'm busy, it's a time I have to be peaceful and to think about what life really means and that's very much what you get at a Quaker meeting.
William
[On Quaker silence] ...I am convinced it is good for my health. At the very least it de-stresses me, at the most it is a profound spiritual experience in which I am lifted out of myself and everything makes sense for a while...