It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
John CalvinFaith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve
John CalvinUnless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.
John CalvinNo man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that the endowments which we possess cannot possibly be from ourselves; nay, that our very being is nothing else than subsistence in God alone.
John Calvin