All Abraham Kuyper Quotes
- How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the… Age
- The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and… Christ
- When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin.… All
- It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and… All
- Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human… Aspect
- A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give… Abuse
- God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism. Created
- The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it… Begins
- What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? Body
- 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… Alone
- There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is a… Beauty
- The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and… All
- 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… Acted
- The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they… Alter
- Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism. Bury
- 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… Age
- He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God. Christ
- The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the… Curse
- There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry,… All
- To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul. Critical
- Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious… All
- Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his… Agriculture
- Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition,… Certain