Famous quotes containing the words anselm of canterbury, anselm of, canterbury and/or biography:
“Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
“Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
“For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
“Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.”
—Rebecca West [Cicily Isabel Fairfield] (1892–1983)