558 Quotes by John Calvin

The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed to the power of His Resurrection.

There is no inconsistency when God raises up those who have fallen prostrate.

For very few persons are concerned about the way that leads to heaven, but all are anxious to know, before the time, what passes there.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God.

For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere.(on commenting the text of Genesis 1:6)

The worship of God is…the only thing which renders men superior to brutes, and makes them aspire to immortality.

True and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Trie and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.