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• Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.

  John Calvin

  Stupid, Men, Understanding

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• The whole gospel is contained in Christ.

  John Calvin

  Christ, Whole

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• Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

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  Self, Knowledge Of God, Self Knowledge

  "Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge, Book I, (Ch. 1), 1845.

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• All truth is God's truth.

  John Calvin

  Truth Is

  Theodore Beza, John Calvin, John Knox, Hugh Latimer (2007). “The Reformation's Light”, p.9, Puritan Publications

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• When a certain shameless fellow mockingly asked a pious old man what God had done before the creation of the world the latter aptly countered that he had been building hell for the curious.

  John Calvin

  Men, Done, World

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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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  Evil, Fellowship, Kind

  John Calvin (2009). “The Christian Life”, p.14, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.

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  Rain, Fall, Certain

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• The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us.

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  Angel, Exercise, Safety

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• We are nowhere forbidden to laugh.

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  Christian, Laughing, Christian Inspirational

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• To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.

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  Grace, Fallen, Humans

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• Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments.

  John Calvin

  Confused, Mad, Wicked

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Gospel Of John Vol. 2 (Annotated Edition)”, p.81, Jazzybee Verlag

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• All the more vile is the stupidity of those persons who open heaven to all the impious and unbelieving without the grace of Him whom Scripture commonly teaches to be the only door whereby we enter into salvation.

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  Doors, Stupidity, Heaven

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• Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.

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  Persuasion, Certain, Benevolence

  John Calvin (2009). “Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 1: Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French”, p.501, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either.

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  Hands, Giving, Satisfaction

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• The Human heart is an idol factory.

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  Heart, Idols, Factories

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• The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.

  John Calvin

  Men, Heaven, Scripture

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.354, Oxford University Press

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• Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that we surrender our reason to the Holy Spirit; and this means that we no longer live for ourselves, but that Christ lives and reigns within us (Rom 12:1; Eph 4:23; Gal 2:20).

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  Christian, Philosophy, Mean

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.27, Baker Books

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• The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.

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  Communication, Justice, Church

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 119 - 150 (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others we should behave as stewards who must someday give an account of ourselves.

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  Giving, Able, Someday

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.35, Baker Books

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• No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail to his good pleasure. If we put ourselves in such a frame of mind, then, whatever may happen to us, we shall never feel miserable or accuse God falsely because of our lot.

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  Mind, Details, May

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.44, Baker Books

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• The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.

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  Men, Knowledge Of God, Creator

  John Calvin (2013). “God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 2)”, p.412, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

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  Heart, Men, Looks

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• Free will is an empty term.

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  Free Will, Empty, Term

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• The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

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  Lying, Evil, Greed

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• Every person, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not only urged to seek God, but is also led as by the hand to find Him.

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  Hands, Persons

  John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.18, Lulu.com

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