558 Quotes by John Calvin

Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

God is not limited to any person, but calls freely whomsoever He pleases, and bestows on those who are called whatever rewards He thinks fit.

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed.

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought superior to them, but reckons it enough that he is one of the members of Christ, and desires nothing more than that the Head alone should be exalted.

Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin.

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.

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.