Puritan Quotes
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The Puritan has passed; the Catholic remains.
William H. O'Connell -
A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart.
Adam Nicolson
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Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.
Vivienne Westwood -
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named.
Stephen Spender -
When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and hurtfulness of sin; and therefore now I will mourn, not because I am crossed, but because I have deserved this cross, and a worse too."
William Whately