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Peter Damian Quotes on God

Peter Damian was an Italian Benedictine reformer, cardinal-bishop of Ostia, and one of the most vigorous voices of the eleventh-century reform of the Latin Church. This page collects quotes attributed to Peter Damian on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Peter Damian:

    “What is past, even God cannot make not to have been.”

  • Attributed to Peter Damian:

    “Philosophy is the handmaid of theology.”

  • Attributed to Peter Damian:

    “The cell is the workshop of salvation.”

  • Attributed to Peter Damian:

    “He who lives in solitude is never alone, for God is his companion.”

  • Attributed to Peter Damian:

    “Reform begins in the cloister and ascends to the throne.”