How often do you read the Bible? Do you follow it in your daily life?
We’ve gathered 13 quotes about Scripture from famous Christians, politicians, writers, and others. Here are their thoughts on why it is the most important Book.
“The Bible is the best book the world has ever known or will ever know…It teaches the best of all the lessons that can guide man.”
Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870), English writer, novelist, and essayist. The most popular English-speaking writer in his lifetime. A classic of world literature, one of the greatest prose writers of the 19th century.
“The Holy Gospel can be likened to a mirror. Each of us, if he wishes, will see in it the state of his soul.”
Ignatius Bryanchaninov (1807 – 1867), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, theologian, and preacher.
“It struck me that the Gospel touches the souls of rich and prosperous people as well as of illiterate street beggars. I was used to the fact that church is a place where I am surrounded by people who are different from me. It would seem that what do we have in common? Our faith in Jesus Christ was what we had in common!”
Philip Yancey (b.1949), American Christian author and special assignments editor at Christianity Today.
“Reading the Bible provides always the most valid comfort. I know of nothing with which to compare it. Both the Old and the New Testament strengthen the soul equally.”
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767 – 1835), German philologist, philosopher, linguist, statesman, diplomat.
“There is no insignificant advice or commandment in the Gospel. Everything it says is full of the greatest meaning and significance. The fact that we do not always understand it is our misfortune.”
Alexander Lauga (1952 – 2009), pastor of Ingria Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg.
“So great is my respect for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident I will be that they will become useful citizens of their country and respected members of society.”
John Adams (1735 – 1826), an American politician, a prominent figure in the American War of Independence, first vice president, and second president of the United States (1797-1801).
“The gospel gives man not only God’s revelation of our calling but also our comfort. Without the teaching of Christ, we know nothing and see nothing.”
Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662), French mathematician, mechanic, physicist, writer, and philosopher, a classic of French literature.
“The teachings of the Bible are so intertwined with our civil and social life that it is impossible to imagine human life if these teachings were removed from it. With the removal of the Bible, we will lose all ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919), American politician, 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States in 1901-1909, Republican Party representative, Nobel Peace Prize winner for 1906.
“You do well to seek solace in the Gospel, for it is the inexhaustible source of all truths which cannot be found anywhere else.”
Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804), German philosopher, the progenitor of German classical philosophy, standing on the edge of the Enlightenment and Romanticism eras.
“Some have exalted fasting above the Scriptures and above reason, while others have utterly neglected it.”
John Wesley (1703 – 1791), English Protestant preacher and founder (with George Whitefield) of Methodism.
“From my early youth, I was fascinated by the Bible. It always seemed to me, and seems to me now, to be the greatest source of poetry of all time. The Bible is like nature, and this mystery I try to convey.”
Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985), Belarusian and French artist of Belarusian-Jewish descent. In addition to drawing and painting, he also did stage design and wrote poetry in Yiddish.
“All the good words of the Savior are said in this Book. All the advice a man needs is contained in the Bible.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), American statesman, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) and first of the Republican Party, liberator of American slaves, the national hero of the American people.
“I recommend to every Christian the unmistakable Word of God at all times, for our Leader chose these weapons when tempted by Satan in the wilderness. He had a great choice of weapons with which to repel the devil’s attack, but He used none but the sword of the Spirit. Every time He said, “It is written.”
Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892), English preacher and theologian, pastor of the largest Baptist church in England.
