Quotes by S. T. Coleridge

If you wish to be assured of the truth of Christianity, try it. Believe, and if thy belief be right, that insight which gradually transmutes faith into knowledge will be the reward of thy belief.

— S. T. Coleridge

Intense study of the Bible will keep any man from being vulgar in point of style.

— S. T. Coleridge

       How well he fell asleep! Like some proud river, widening toward the sea; Calmly and grandly, silently and deep,        Life joined eternity.

— S. T. Coleridge

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 the aims and objects of the understanding, while it fixed and simplified those of the desires and feelings.

— S. T. Coleridge

Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow, my peace amid tumult. For all the evil I have committed, my gracious pardon; and for every effort, my exceeding great reward. I have found it to be so . I can smile with pity at the infidel whose vanity makes him dream that I should barter such a blessing for the few subtleties from the school of the cold-blooded sophists.

— S. T. Coleridge