558 Quotes by John Calvin

In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.

Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author.

If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.

So it will be that no matter what kind of cross is placed upon us, we will steadily maintain endurance even through the narrowest straits of the soul.

...We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us.

The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.

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 gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.

Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.