Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida Copy Share Image
What was it that obliged Jerome to write his book, Concerning Illustrious Men? It was the common reproach of old cast upon… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
The knowledge of Christ is profound and large. All other sciences are but shadows; this is a boundless, bottomless ocean. Though something… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There's something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate,… — Elinor Wylie Copy Share Image
Piety is indifferent whether she enters at the eye or at the ear. There is none of the senses at which she… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It is the music in our conscience, the dance in our spirit, to which Puritan litanies, moral sermons, and goody goodness won’t… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep. — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
“The best course to prevent falling into the pit is to keep at the greatest distance from it; he who will be… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds. — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[Concerning the Word preached:] Do we prize it in our judgments? Do we receive in into our hearts? Do we fear the… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times. — Janet Montgomery Copy Share Image
The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
For years Christians in particular have been attacked and silenced as they tried to challenge the immorality pervasive in today's society. When… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“Zeal to expunge every trace of Romish superstition resulted in text scrutinizing and “arguments from silence” that forbade traditions such as the… — Lori Branch Copy Share Image
In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy. — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
When the Forbidden Fruit was handed to Adam and Eve, they were allowed the moral choice to accept or decline. I know… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God… — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life. — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys.… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage. — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image