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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.

John Calvin

All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Destiny Determination Forever God Himself Men
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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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
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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Break Fall Himself Hurt Prayer

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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