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Quote#Happiness

When all my hopes… in all men were gone, so that I had nothing…

Quote byGeorge Fox · 1624–1691

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Journal (1694)'.

English (original)

When all my hopes… in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do, then, oh, then, I heard a voice which said, "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition"; and when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.

— George Fox

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