Authority Quote by William James

It is more than a book, it is an institution which rules the Christian world.

— Philip Schaff

The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it…

— J. C. Ryle

Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.

— Julie Schumacher

God has condescended to become an author, and yet people will not read his writings. There are very few that ever gave this Book…

— George Whitefield

The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.

— Aleister Crowley

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes. And I see no divine person. I myself am more divine than…

— Margaret Fuller

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word…

— Robert E. Lee

No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.

— John Quincy Adams

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects…

— Abraham Lincoln

“One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us…

— Leonard Ravenhill