Tertullian – 10 Quotes

10 Quotes by Tertullian

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

– Tertullian

Fear is the foundation of safety.

– Tertullian

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

– Tertullian

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

– Tertullian

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

– Tertullian

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

– Tertullian

Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.

– Tertullian

The nature of rumor is known to all.

– Tertullian

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

– Tertullian

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

– Tertullian