It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.
Clement of AlexandriaWhen the two shall be one, the outside as the inside, and the male and the female neither male nor female.
Clement of AlexandriaFor, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an image that is perceived by the mind alone: God, who alone is truly God.
Clement of AlexandriaThe law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe.
Clement of Alexandria