Abraham Kuyper

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And…

— Abraham Kuyper

“Free love may try to dissolve, and the concubinate to desecrate, the holiest tie, as it pleases; but, for the vast majority…

— Abraham Kuyper

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every…

— Abraham Kuyper

... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means…

— Abraham Kuyper

We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their…

— Abraham Kuyper

In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign,…

— Abraham Kuyper

“The domain of Calvinism is indeed far broader than the narrow confessional interpretation would lead us to suppose.”

— Abraham Kuyper

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace…

— Abraham Kuyper

“We believe that our salvation depends solely upon God's work in us, and not upon our testimony; and the little child with…

— Abraham Kuyper

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

— Abraham Kuyper

The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres,…

— Abraham Kuyper

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all,…

— Abraham Kuyper

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.

— Abraham Kuyper

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?

— Abraham Kuyper

“Art cannot be excused from following God’s law, and art disgraces itself by seeking that freedom. Anything that cannot be put into…

— Abraham Kuyper

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken…

— Abraham Kuyper

How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life…

— Abraham Kuyper

One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and…

— Abraham Kuyper

“The other parties campaign for parliamentary seats, more or less. We campaign for our principles!”

— Abraham Kuyper

“the holy art of “giving for Jesus’ sake” ought to be much more strongly developed among us Christians. Never forget that all…

— Abraham Kuyper

“No man has the right to rule over another man, otherwise such a right necessarily, and immediately becomes the right of the…

— Abraham Kuyper

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the…

— Abraham Kuyper

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God

— Abraham Kuyper

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.

— Abraham Kuyper

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises…

— Abraham Kuyper