Tertullian (160-225) quotes

• Christians are made, not born.
• He who flees will fight again.
• He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
• The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
• The first reaction to truth is hatred.
• The usual complaint is, "I have no other way of earning a living." The harsh reply can be, "Do you have to live?"
• You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.