“I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace; walking until given shelter and fasting until given food.”

—  Peace Pilgrim

Personal vow with which she began her peace pilgramage (1 January 1953), later published in Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)

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American non-denominational spiritual teacher 1908–1981

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