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Abraham Kuyper Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.



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There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!



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

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



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

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.'

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



The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!



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.

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.



Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God



God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.



What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?





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If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

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Love is the key to felicity, nor is there a heaven to any who love not. We enter Paradise through its gates only.



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When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.



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