Quotes from John Calvin
Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are.
- John Calvin
The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.
- John Calvin
The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.
- John Calvin
I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.
- John Calvin
The Creation is quite like a spacious and splendid house, provided and filled with the most exquisite, and at the same time, the most abundant furnishings. Everything in it tells of God.
- John Calvin
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
- John Calvin
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
- John Calvin
Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.
- John Calvin
Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.
- John Calvin
The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.
- John Calvin
It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect
- John Calvin
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
- John Calvin