Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer.
John CalvinRead
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True wisdom involves understanding both the divine and oneself.
John Calvin emphasizes that true wisdom is fundamentally rooted in two essential principles: knowing God and having self-awareness. This dual knowledge enables individuals to navigate life with a deeper understanding of their purpose and place in the world, fostering both spiritual growth and personal insight.
Themes
WisdomKnowledgeSelf-AwarenessGodSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about personal development.
More from John Calvin
All quotes βThe pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
John CalvinRead
Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.
John CalvinRead
Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
John CalvinRead
For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is something written, are scarcely able to make out two consecutive words, but, when aided by glasses, begin to read distinctly, so Scripture, gathering together the impressions of Deity, which, till then, lay confused in our minds, dissipates the darkness, and shows us the true God clearly.
John CalvinRead
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
John CalvinRead
Similar quotes
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
OvidRead
What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.
Victor HugoRead
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
Abu BakrRead
Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling.
Richard DawkinsRead
A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man's dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place.
George Bernard ShawRead
but it is also true, if this brings her any consolation, that if, before every action, we were to begin weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probably, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt.
Jose SaramagoRead