John Calvin Quotes
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?
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To crave wealth and honor, to demand power, to pile up riches, to gather all those vanities which seem to make for pomp and empty display, that is our furious passion and our unbounded desire.On the other hand, we fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means.
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... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.
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When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have been hardened in their evil doings?
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All the more vile is the stupidity of those persons who open heaven to all the impious and unbelieving without the grace of Him whom Scripture commonly teaches to be the only door whereby we enter into salvation.
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Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.
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If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.
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Doubtful prayer is no prayer at all.
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I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.
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The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith.
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Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.
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We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.
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Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him.
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It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
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This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils.
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Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.
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The Human heart is an idol factory.
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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.
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We ought always to beware of making the smallest claim for ourselves.
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Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
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In our good works nothing is our own.