Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. .... In this… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“Free love may try to dissolve, and the concubinate to desecrate, the holiest tie, as it pleases; but, for the vast majority of our… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation....… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“The domain of Calvinism is indeed far broader than the narrow confessional interpretation would lead us to suppose.” — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“We believe that our salvation depends solely upon God's work in us, and not upon our testimony; and the little child with stammering lips,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.' — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
