146 Quotes by Tertullian

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy

Where our joy is, there should our work be.

Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he is rich in the possession of God? Rather, he is poor who possesses much but still craves for more.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.

Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.

I believe BECAUSE it's impossible.

Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.

Woman is a temple built over a sewer.

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.