What are the things that affect spirituality?

Every man must be free in thought, in action, in purpose—he must choose for himself the way in which he would walk, and no other should attempt to control his path. 

Each one is an individual entity with his own peculiar feelings, tastes, dispositions and inclinations, and no other can put himself in his place and judge for him. 

Neither was it ever designed that he should. It is everyone’s duty to individualise himself—all are alike in this requirement, both male and female.

When we speak of each one choosing his own path in life and progress, we do not intend to include children—

They must be guided, guarded, and carefully trained up from infancy in all right principles and feelings that they may when they arrive at manhood or womanhood be prepared to make their selection wisely, and much responsibility and care falls upon parents who rightly understand and fulfil their duties in a proper manner, so that the children of their love may become wise and virtuous individuals. 

Much of the tyrannical disposition evinced by boys over their sisters or more juvenile playmates may be counteracted or removed by a parent's watchful care and future good insured to their offspring by such means. 

Many a boy who becomes in time a domineering, selfish husband might have been a blessing and comfort to his family had his overbearing temper been properly corrected and subdued in childhood.

All evils are eradicated much easier in the springtime of their growth. 

Then their roots have not taken such firm hold—their shoots are young and tender and may easily be nipped off, and thus it is far more desirable and more successful in any great reformatory movement to work more particularly upon the young and tender hearts of our children than to labour to convince and improve the aged.

The latter are so rooted and grounded in their old prejudices and educational bias is so firmly established that it is next to impossible to eradicate it and give them more liberal and just ideas. 

Therefore, let your cares be particularly bestowed upon the younger members of your community and succeeding generations will feel the blessed result of your labours. When we allow any particular temper or inclination to attain such power over us that we feel unable to resist it and weakly yield to its indulgence, for the temporary gratification it affords, we are the slaves of that temper or passion—be it anger, lust, avarice, whatever its nature—

If we give up and indulge ourselves in it, knowing it, as we can scarcely avoid doing, to be wrong, we are the bond slave of that sin and it will take long to develop us out of it if we pass to a future state still in its thrall.

—George Fox In Spirit