Quotes by Tertullian

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he...

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He who flees will fight again.

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Fear is the foundation of safety.

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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

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Christians are made, not born.

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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is...

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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

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Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really...

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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

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The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh...

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