In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
JOHN CALVINYou must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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 must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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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 one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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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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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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