"There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence."

"By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he has determined with himself whatever he wills to happen with regard to every man."

"The elect are vessels of mercy, and the reprobate are vessels of wrath."

"The reason why some are saved and others perish is not to be sought in their own will, but in the secret counsel of God."

"Servetus suffered the penalty due his heresies, but was it by my will. Certainly his arrogance destroyed him not less than his impiety."