One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
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
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
