A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
JOHN CALVINIn knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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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.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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.
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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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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.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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