Truth is like…
The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Your thoughts shout…
For God does not hear us as humans hear. Unless you shout with your lungs and chest and lips, a mere man does not hear; whereas to God your very thoughts shout.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Active and contemplative…
Now we are conscious of two powers in the human soul: the active and the contemplative; the former maps the way, the latter marks the journey’s end; in the former we toil so that our hearts may be purified for the vision of God, in the latter we are at rest and see God; the former calls for the practice of the commandments of this life that passes away, in the latter we drink in the teachings of the life that shall never pass away.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Truth admits of…
Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Knowledge and firm faith…
If a man is treated with contempt by someone and yet does not react with anger in either word or thought, it shows he has acquired real knowledge and firm faith in the Lord.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Speak the truth…
Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don’t be upset, but take comfort in the words of the Lord: ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of truth, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.’ (Matt. 5:10)
–Saint Gennadius of Constantinople (Fifth Century)
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