He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
TERTULLIANHe who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
TERTULLIANIt is to believed because it is absurd.
TERTULLIANI believe because it is absurd.
TERTULLIANNow 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.
TERTULLIANI believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
TERTULLIANFear is the foundation of safety.
TERTULLIANIt is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
TERTULLIANYou 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.
TERTULLIANThe Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
TERTULLIANThe nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
TERTULLIANDaily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
TERTULLIANThe soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
TERTULLIANHe is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
TERTULLIANWoman is a temple built over a sewer.
TERTULLIANWhere our work is, there let our joy be.
TERTULLIANLet women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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