The Church is the Ship outside which it is impossible to understand the Divine Word, for Jesus spoke from the boat to the people gathered on the shore.
Hilary of PoitiersThe perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.
Hilary of PoitiersWhen we are overcome by some evil will, should we not tremble before the presence of the choirs of angels that surround us?
Hilary of Poitiers[Judaism is] ever... mighty in wickedness... when it cursed Moses; when it hated God; when it vowed its sons to demons; when it killed the prophets, and finally when it betrayed to the Praetor and crucified our God Himself and Lord... And so glorying through all its existence in iniquity.
Hilary of Poitiers