Quotes from Abraham Kuyper

Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.

In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.