John Calvin Quotes
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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The name of Christ excludes all merit of our own.
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There are sons of God who do not yet appear so to us, but now do so to God; and there are those who, on account of some arrogated or temporal grace, are called so by us, but are not so to God.
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Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost of our power. But yet for all that, we must set such store by God's truth, that if all the world should be set on fire for the maintenance thereof, we should not stick at it.
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The Human heart is an idol factory.
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The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.
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If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.
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But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!
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For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime to rob it of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man's house is his place of most secure refuge, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.
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When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life, but even despise and scorn it.
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All truth is God's truth.
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The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Let that ethical philosophy therefore of free-will be far from a Christian mind.
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Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have.
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Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.
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There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.
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There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom.
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The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and teaching, to ask every good thing from God, and, when it is received, ascribe it to him. For how can the idea of God enter your mind without instantly giving rise to the thought, that since you are his workmanship, you are bound, by the very law of creation, to submit to his authority?-\-\that your life is due to him?-\-\that whatever you do ought to have reference to him.