Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
John CalvinIf 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.
John CalvinIf people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.
John Calvin