Peter Abelard Quotes

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The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

Peter Abelard
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 the trophies of war.

Peter Abelard
O what their joy and glory must be,
Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see!

Peter Abelard
Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.

Peter Abelard
Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to wisdom … For through doubting we are led to inquire, and by inquiry we perceive the truth.

Peter Abelard
For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most.

Peter Abelard
The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

Peter Abelard
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 at some time or other to Love, and it is vain to strive to avoid it. I was a philosopher, yet this tyrant of the mind triumphed over all my wisdom; his darts were of greater force than all my reasonings, and with a sweet constraint he led me wherever he pleased.

Peter Abelard
By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.

Peter Abelard
How mighty are the Sabbaths, How mighty and how deep, That the high courts of heaven To everlasting keep.

Peter Abelard