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We are the people who turned the world upside down.

— Ann Lee Disputed

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Wikiquote notes doubts about whether Ann Lee really said this.

Source: Attributed to Lee in "Harpy Hall of Fame: Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784)" at The Pursuit of Harpyness (4 February 2009); no earlier attributions have as yet been located.
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The first step of obedience that any of you can take is to confess your sins to God before his witnesses.

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If you confess your sins, you must confess them to God; we are but his witnesses.

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You ought not to cross your children unnecessarily, for it makes them ill-natured.

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Be diligent with your hands, for godliness does not lead to idleness.

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I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.

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You can never enter the kingdom of God with hardness against any one, for God is love, and if you love God you will love one another.

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Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God.

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Act as if you expected to live a hundred years, but might die to-morrow.

Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live; and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow.

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You ought never to speak to your children in a passion; for if you do, you will put devils into them.

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