Puritans Quotes

32 quotes by 25 authors

The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the… — Margaret Atwood
I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain. — Oscar Wilde
The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate. — John Burroughs
Like the Puritans, live in terms of the settled judgement that the joy of heaven will make amends of any losses and crosses, strains and… — Joel Beeke
The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -… — H. L. Mencken
Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you. — Mignon McLaughlin
Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life… — J I Packer
By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together. — Charles Spurgeon
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have not in their… — Benjamin Franklin
The Puritans left England for America not because they couldn't be Puritans in their mother country, but because they were not allowed to force others… — Gore Vidal
What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action. — Wendell Phillips
My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at… — Garrison Keillor
The new puritans have been highly successful. All of the preconditions for new prohibitions on alcohol and tobacco are in place. ... Indeed, the future… — Mark Thornton
No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an… — Leland Ryken
For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life. — Leland Ryken
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was… — Leland Ryken
The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes. — Leland Ryken
The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth. — Leland Ryken
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as… — James Frey
America was founded by puritans and like it or not the anti-pleasure dogma of those buckled-shoed killjoys still pervades our collective unconscious like an I-max… — Dennis Miller

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