Wisdom Quote by John Calvin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God, had they not previously fashioned him after their own childish conceits.”

“Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever the many are seen to do, forthwith obtains the force of custom. But human affairs have scarcely ever been so happily constituted as that the better course pleased the greater number. Hence the private vices of the multitude have generally resulted in public error, or rather that common consent in vice which these worthy men would have to be law.”

“The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.”

“The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits... [The Scripture] teaches us that we must not think of man's real value, but only of his creation in the image of God to which we owe all possible honor and love.”

“Those who act in the dark become even more unsure and uncertain of themselves. But the same people, when honor, praise, or approval is expressed by external signs, clearly become confident in their actions, for their spirit and judgment are strengthened by these signs.”

“There is an old saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention". How true! With that in mind, always work on your reasons first and the answers second”

“I've been thinking a lot about what we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut, and the main thing that keeps coming to mind is that we lost a moral voice. We lost a very reasonable and credible--though not to say staid or toothless--voice who helped us know how to live.”

“What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right; no one can be always right.”

“The absolute truth is one for an infinity of possible relative truths which lie.”

“The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.”