“Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal; and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose.”
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…”