The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
John CalvinIt is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one to one of flesh, that our will is made new, and that we, created anew in heart and mind, at length will what we ought to will.
John CalvinGod is not limited to any person, but calls freely whomsoever He pleases, and bestows on those who are called whatever rewards He thinks fit.
John CalvinThe evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.
John Calvin