Simplicity: George Fox and Quaker Plain Living

George Fox (d. 1691), founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), advocated for radical simplicity in speech, dress, and living. Fox refused to use titles of honor, wore plain clothing, and insisted on plain speech (using "thee" and "thou" for everyone regardless of rank). He wrote in his Journal: "Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone."…