Puritans Quote by Tim Kreider

“A Puritan believed it was necessary to venture back to the absolute beginning of Christianity, before the church had been corrupted by centuries of…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

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

— Tim Mackintosh-Smith

“Too much of the old Puritan spirit exists in these parts to the present hour; but its influence has not tended, that I know,…

— Charles Dickens

“He had sprung from a rigid Puritan stock, and had been brought up to think much more intently of the duties of this life…

— Henry James

“You know you're a Puritan when you feel that even the Bible needs to be cleaned up.”

— James Maguire

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

— Ian Fleming

“Puritanism brings nothing but mindlessness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“By contrast, the subsequent waves of Puritans in their search for profits quickly uprooted all natives and sold many of them into slavery without…

— Jack Weatherford

“Puritanism, he said, was a reaction to the loss of moral fiber that accompanied the Renaissance.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“The creator is not puritan. A creature need not work for a living; creatures may simply steal and suck and be blessed for all…

— Annie Dillard

“But what would cause Yankeedom eventually to be so loathed by the other nations was its desire—indeed, its mission—to impose its ways on everyone…

— Colin Woodard

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