Some Fruits of Solitude Wise Sayings on the Conduct of Human Life, in Today’s English by William Penn, edited by Eric Taylor


Written while Penn was in hiding, falsely accused of treason, these aphorisms have been well loved for 300 years. Taylor provides a 30-page historical introduction to them and has put them into an easy and accessible modern English.


Herald Press, 2002, 167 pp., paperback $8.99


Twenty-First Century Penn Writings on the Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers by William Penn, translated into modern English by Paul Buckley


Six key texts by William Penn are made comprehensible to modern readers through Buckley’s conversion of the text to modern English. Contents include “The Sandy Foundation Shaken,” “Innocency with her Open Face,” “The Christian Quaker and His Divine Testimony Vindicated,” “Primitive Christianity Revived” and more.


Earlham School of Religion, 2003, 415 pp., paperback $19.95 Isaac Penington


The Light Within and Selected Writings by Isaac Penington


This little book is a collection of works by one of Quakerism’s early adherents, who speaks eloquently of his experiences of the Divine. Includes “The Worship of the Living God,” “The Light Within,” “Divine Love,” and “Silent Meetings.”


Tract Association, 1998, 69 pp., paperback $3.50


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John Woolman


The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition by Thomas Slaughter


Slaughter explores how Woolman, the plainspoken Quaker mystic, transformed himself into a prophetic, unforgettable figure. Placing Woolman in the full context of his times, Slaughter paints the portrait of a hero—and not just for the Quakers—social reformers, labor organizers, socialists, and peace advocates have long admired him. He was an original, an American for the ages. “This discerning, poetic biography discloses a Woolman far more powerful, both personally and morally, than even his famous Journal reveals. Few histories are more quietly riveting, more piercingly compelling.” — John Butler, Yale University


Hill and Wang, 2009, 449 pp., paperback $22.00


John Woolman and the Affairs of Truth by John Woolman, edited by James Proud


Woolman is so well known for his Journal that his other writings are often overlooked. This collection gathers into one convenient volume and in chronological order all of the known essays, epistles,


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