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.
TERTULLIANNature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
More Tertullian Quotes
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Patience is God’s nature.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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Christians are made, not born.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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