Quotes about Shakers

Abraham Lincoln

You ought to be made to fight. We need regiments of such men as you.

The Shakers were an American religion and pacifists Lincoln learned. He was so impressed with their sincerity and way of life that he exempted Shaker men from the draft—the first conscientious objectors formally recognized in America. However, Lincoln made the statement to the Shakers which greatly impressed them and caused much reflection. Quakers had been pacifists also, but until the Civil War Draft there was no mechanism to test.

Ken Hakuta

Most people think the Shakers are in Pennsylvania. They tend to confuse them with the Amish.

Markus Zusak

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.

Ken Hakuta

People always ask me how I got interested in the Shakers, but I have no clear-cut answer.

EJ Johnson

I certainly think it's important to build relationships with movers and shakers in the fashion industry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of the Shaker society, it was formerly a sort of proverb in the country, that they always sent the devil to market.

Gretchen Rubin

Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.

Gretchen Rubin

... one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn't aspire to the perfection of God. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.

Polly Leiton

One should never involve oneself in the affairs of others, unless it should be to make peace and prevent the shedding of blood.

Shakers Quotes