John Calvin Quotes & Sayings

“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.”

“No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.”

“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.”

“The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.”

“We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.”

“You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.”

“Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.”

“However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.”

“There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.”

“All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.”