To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
Abraham KuyperGod created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
Abraham KuyperIt is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.
Abraham KuyperThe motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this.
Abraham KuyperDo not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
Abraham KuyperWe understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom; an authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
Abraham Kuyper