All Peter Abelard Quotes
- The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at… Arrive
- It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. Doubt
- The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts. Abandon
- I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than… All
- Alone thou goest forth, O Lord, in sacrifice to die; is this thy sorrow naught to us who pass unheeding by? Our sins, not thine,… All
- By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth, Doubt
- Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood… Absurd
- In fact we say that an intention is good, that is, right in itself, but that an action does not bear any good in itself… Action
- Under the pretext of study we spent our hours in the happiness of love, and learning held out to us the secret opportunities that our… Book
- And now, my friend, I am going to expose to you all my weaknesses. All men, I believe, are under a necessity of paying tribute… All
- Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease. Contagious
- Logic has made me hated in the world. Hated
- Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium. Those… Analysis
- In comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover that yours are in truth nought.. and so shall you come to bear them the more… Bear
- By doubting we come to inquiry. By inquiry we come to Truth. Doubt
- We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because… Action
- I had wished to find in philosophy and religion a remedy for my disgrace; I searched out an asylum to secure me from love... duty,… Age
- The Son of God took our nature, and in it took upon himself to teach us by both word and example even to the point… Binding
- Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked,… Behold
- Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures… All