The quotations of

John Calvin

French Protestant reformer

1509–1564

11 quotes, most often on God, Christianity and Virtue.

Depraved custom is just a kind of general pestilence in which men perish not the less that they fall in a crowd.
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Prefatory Address to King Francis I, p. 23
- Morality
There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
Sermon Number 10 on I Corinthians, 698. As quoted in John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1989) by William J. Bouwsma, pp. 134–135.
- Happiness
- Nature
But this we may positively state, that nobody has made any progress in the school of Christ unless he cheerfully looks forward to the day of his death and to the day of the final resurrection.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 78.
- Christianity
- Life & Death
It is easy to see how superstition, with its false glosses, mocks God, while it tries to please him.
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559), Book 1, Chapter 4, p. 54
- God
- Religion
The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are small and trivial; we sometimes even embrace them as virtues.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 32.
- Virtue
We should not insist on absolute perfection of the gospel in our fellow Christians, however we may strive for it ourselves.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 21.
- Christianity
If God has bestowed on us any excellent gift, we imagine it to be our own achievement; and we swell and even burst with pride.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 32.
- Pride
The ceremony of lifting up our hands in prayer is designed to remind us that we are far removed from God, unless our thoughts rise upward.
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559), Book 3, Chapter 20, Section 5
- Prayer
For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God.
Commentary on the Book of Genesis. Chapter I.
- God
- Science
Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself.
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559), Book 1, Chapter 1, p. 45
- Virtue
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.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 35.
- Charity

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