Institutes of the Christian Religion Quotes.

1. "No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!"
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

2. "Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

3. "We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

4. "Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God, had they not previously fashioned him after their own childish conceits."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

5. "In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

6. "Faith is ultimately a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit"
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

7. "He who neglects to pray alone and in private, however assiduously he frequents public meetings, there gives his prayers to the wind."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

8. "We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

9. "In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

10. "As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with thoughts that could not be humanly conceived. Let each of the prophets be looked into: none will be found who does not far exceed human measure. Consequently, those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds."
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion