Puritan Quote by Lewis Bayly

Anti-Catholicism has always been the pornography of the Puritan.

— Richard Hofstadter

It is the night-black Massachusetts legendry which packs the really macabre "kick". Here is material for a really profound study in group-neuroticism; for certainly,…

— H. P. Lovecraft

The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

— Mason Cooley

The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.

— Sam Levenson

We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in…

— Carlisle Floyd

It's impossible for a creative artist to be either a Puritan or a Fascist, because both are a negation of the creative urge. The…

— Liam O'Flaherty

The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.

— Wendell Phillips

We are … the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of…

— Ralph Caplan

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

— John Flavel

A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and accordingly, whatever…

— Henry David Thoreau

The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God…

— Leland Ryken

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."

— Samuel Rutherford