29 Quotes by Cyprian

For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.

The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins.

Whatever a man prefers to God, that he makes a god to himself.

If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.

Our prayers and fastings are of less avail, unless they are aided by almsgiving.

Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man, who have risen again with Christ in the heavenly regeneration, both think upon and do the things that are Christ’s.

Knowing that there is one Baptism, we who hold the head and root of the One Church know for certain that to him who is outside the Church nothing is lawful.

It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God. It is a calamity without remedy to hate the happy.

May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.