The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.
John CalvinThe Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.
John CalvinThere is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom.
John CalvinWithout knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.
John Calvin