Tertullian Quotes

Take heed to your selves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness.

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.

The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example, were regarded by earlier Christians as sin. Today we may look on these as weaknesses of the will but certainly not sin. We even joke about our overeating and other indulgences instead of crying out to God in confession and repentance.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.

Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.

I love Jesus.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.

We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.

From abundance springs satiety.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road.