Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John Calvin
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- Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
- Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.
- God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
- There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
- A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.