John Calvin Quotes
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Again I ask whence it happened that the fall of Adam involved, without remedy, in eternal death so many nations, together with their infant children, except because it so seemed good to God? A decree horrible, I confess, and yet true.
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Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.
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If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.
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To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.
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We must not think that God takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
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Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.
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Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.
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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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A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction.
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Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.
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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would test it by fire...and so God with us.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?
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I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous as they are, as I have with my impatience. My efforts are not absolutely useless; yet I have never been able to conquer this ferocious wild beast.
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Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.
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The most accomplished in the Scripture are fools, unless they acknowledge that they have need of God for their schoolmaster all the days of their life.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.