“How incredible...the affection of a mother is for the infant whom she warms in her bosom and nurses and watches over with care, so that she passes sleepless nights, worries continually, and forgets herself!”
More from John Calvin
“The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.”
“Those who are extremely anxious wear themselves out and become in a sense their own…”
“The most important thing in a blessed life is to be always tranquil and at peace,…”
“The old adage that the life of men is like a being at the point where two roads meet…”