146 Quotes by Tertullian

The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.

What is nobler than to tread under foot the gods of the nations, to exorcise evil spirits, to perform cures, to seek divine revelations, and to live to God? These are the pleasures – these are the spectacles – that befit Christian men.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.

Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.

Wide are men’s inquiries into uncertainties; wider still are their disputes about conjectures.

Truth and the hatred of truth come into our world together. As soon as truth appears, it is regarded as an enemy.

The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.

Patience is God’s nature.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.