"We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own."

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Source : John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.166, Ravenio Books

John Calvin

#Firsts Quotes #Christ Quotes #Righteousness Quotes

“See the moon? It hates us.”
“She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness.”
“I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.”
“The lesser of two evils is still evil.”
“When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.”
“People are self-centered to a nauseous degree. They will keep on about themselves while I'm explaining me.”
“I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.”
“The size of your promise defines the size of your life.”

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