John Calvin Quotes
We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to honor those in whom they reside.
The worship of God is…the only thing which renders men superior to brutes, and makes them aspire to immortality.
The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.
When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.
We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God.
Faith consists not in ignorance but in knowledge and that not only of God but also of the divine will.
Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us and a certain persuasion of His veracity.
Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God. Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.
The knowledge of ourselves, therefore, is not only an incitement to seek after God, but likewise a considerable assistance towards finding him.