John Calvin — "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."

"We shall never be clearly persuaded, as we ought to be, that our salvation flows from the wellspring of God's free mercy until we come to know his eternal election, which illumines God's grace by this…"

"There is no more dangerous illusion than to believe that we are not tempted."

"The reprobate are not bound to believe, because God does not give them the grace to believe."

"Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only am I indifferent to their comments, but I rejoice in the fact that they spit in…"

"It is not on the basis of human works, whether performed or foreseen, that God decrees to elect some based on unmerited grace and pass by (preterition) others based on proximate sinful works."