558 Quotes by John Calvin

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.

Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice.

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.

Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

When the Bible speaks, God speaks.