Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live; and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow.
- Ann Lee, Shaker
Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.
- Shaker philosophy
The peculiar grace of a shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it.
- Thomas Merton, theologian
Hannah Cohhon made "gift drawings" during the Era of Manifestations, a time when "believers" regularly received spiritual visions revealed in song, drawings and dances.
Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God.
- Ann Lee, Shaker
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