Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.

On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be embraced by all, but that a new understanding and a new perception are requisite; and, therefore, that faith does not depend on the will of men, but that it is God who gives it.

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.

We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.