Awful Quote by Phillips Brooks

The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.

— Wendell Phillips

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.

— H. L. Mencken

I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort,…

— Robert Henri

The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate.

— John Burroughs

“The first indication of unraveling Puritanism occurred in Andover in 1681 when Pastor Frances Dane significantly reduced his preaching. There is no historical record…

— Howard Kaepplein

My father was the classic Puritan. Hold the emotions in check. Keep up appearances.

— Lee Marvin

“For puritans of whatever faith, God is in the detail.”

— Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart.

— Adam Nicolson

“it annoys me to see people comfortable when they ought to be uncomfortable; and I insist on making them think in order to bring…

— George Bernard Shaw

“It was the puritan in him that couldn’t take it.”

— Ian Fleming

Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, [the Puritan] has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his contempt.

— R. H. Tawney