Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVINWhile all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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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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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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