If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.
John CalvinFaith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith.
John CalvinBut as a heathen tells us, there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.
John Calvin