English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

John Calvin Quotes

Just as the light of the sun, while it invigorates a living and animated body, produces effluvia in a carcass; so it is certain that the sacraments where the Spirit of faith is not present, breathes mortiferous rather than vital odour.

John Calvin

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Samuel Beckett quote: "Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish..."
Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy. Samuel Beckett
Mikhail Kalashnikov quote: "I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education."
I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education. Mikhail Kalashnikov
Kit Williams quote: "The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of..."
The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. Kit Williams
Carl Sandburg quote: "After the sunset on the prairie, there are only the stars"
After the sunset on the prairie, there are only the stars Carl Sandburg
Lewis B. Hershey quote: "A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he..."
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does. Lewis B. Hershey
Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme in giving them the power to force all those engaged in production to comply with their orders. It forces all those engaged in production to the utmost exertion in the service of the consumers. It makes competition work. He who best serves the consumers profits most and accumulatesriches. Ludwig von Mises
Bruce Johnston quote: "Records... a record just shouldn't be that important."
Records... a record just shouldn't be that important. Bruce Johnston
Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that. Wangari Maathai
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape..."
Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape a chicken. Elizabeth Gilbert
Oscar Wilde quote: "You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is."
You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is. Oscar Wilde
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days. Eric Brown
What else? I also believe that if someone comes up behind you on the freeway and flashes their lights to get you to move into the slow lane, they deserve whatever punishment you dole out to them. I promptly slow down and drive at the same speed as the car beside me so that I can punish Speed Racer for his impertinence. Actually, it’s not the impertinence I’m punishing him for, it’s that he let other people know what he wanted. Speed Racer, my friend, never ever let people know what you... Doug Coupland
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "Absolute perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing to..."
Absolute perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing to add, but nothing to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Bridget Fonda quote: "I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up,..."
I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up, you wind up reliving it in the media. Bridget Fonda
When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that. Jim Wallis