Peter Kiss

“The bigotry, narrowness and intolerance of which the Calvinists have been so often accused will generally prove to be the virtues which adorn human society and make civilization a possibility. Their 'bigotry' is chiefly devotion to righteousness; their 'narrowness,' their fear of swerving from the 'narrow way' which leadeth unto life; their 'intolerance,' the impatience of their zeal for the establishment of their Redeemer's kingdom upon earth. Such men will indeed appear, at times, intolerant, through the intensity of their enthusiasm and their impatience with the sophistries by which many endeavor to conceal or excuse their follies and vices; but it is the intolerance of the good housewife, who brushes away the moths and the cobwebs and makes the dwelling habitable; it is the intolerance of the fresh breeze, which sweeps away the poisonous vapors and gives to the atmosphere the elements of life. 'The Calvinists,' says Froude, 'have been called intolerant; but intolerance of an enemy who is trying to kill you seems to me a pardonable state of mind. It is no easy matter to tolerate lies, clearly convicted of being lies, under any circumstances; specially, it is not easy to tolerate lies which strut about in the name of religion.' Of such things the gospel of Christ is eternally intolerant.”
― NS McFetridge

“And what's strange, what would be marvelous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the necessity of God, could enter the head of such a savage, vicious beast as man.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much:”
― Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment