The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.

About This Quote

The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Nobody knows who wrote this quote, but it is attributed to Tertullian, an early Christian philosopher. The idea of holding a mirror up to God is what inspired the expression.

A mirror, with all its imperfections, is the best way to capture the true nature of God. When we look at God through a mirror, we can see exactly what the author meant when she said that “the truth was a mirror in the hands of God.”

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