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 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 PoitiersThe utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of Christ by worldly ambition.
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 PoitiersFor there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead of its true and only sense, and this in defiance of the clear meaning of words. Heresy lies in the sense assigned, not in the word written; the guilt is that of the expositor, not of the text.
Hilary of Poitiers