Famous Quotes about the Bible
The following quotes from famous people concerning the Bible, comes from the book A Dictionary of Thoughts, By Tryon Edwards:
There never was found, in any age of the world, either religion or law that did so highly exalt the public good as the Bible.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 -1626), English philosopher
I have always said, I always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President of the United States
The general diffusion of the Bible is the most effectual way to civilize and humanize mankind ; to purify and exalt the general system of public morals ; to give efficacy to the just precepts of international and municipal law ; to enforce the observance of prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude ; and to improve all the relations of social and domestic life.
- James Kent (1763-1847), American legal scholar
The Bible is the only source of all Christian truth ; -the only rule for the Christian life ; -the only book that unfolds to us the realities of eternity. There is no book like the Bible for excellent wisdom and use.
- Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676), Lord Chief Justice of England
So great is my veneration for the Bible, that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society.
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States
Never yet did there exist a full faith in the divine word which did not expand the intellect, while it purified the heart ; which did not multiply and exalt the aims and objects of the understanding, while it fixed and simplified those of the desires and feelings.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet and philosopher
We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.
- Isaac Newton (1643-1727), English physicist, mathematician, astronomer
There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion ; no orations equal to those of the prophets ; and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.
- John Milton (1608-1674), English poet
Philosophical argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me ; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that the gospel of Jesus Christ must be a divine reality.
- Daniel Webster (1782-1852), 14th United States Secretary of State
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties ; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization, and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th President of the United States
By George Konig
11/11/2007
www.konig.org
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