Pillar of Iron quote

Cicero's father - also Marcus Tillius Cicero and known as Tullius: "I have discerned a sadness of spirit in you, Marcus, that seems even greater than your illness.You speak to me no longer of God, you turn from His name. Why is this?"

Marcus murmered, "I have considered if He is dead. He is silent in the face of enormities."

"He is concerned with man, not men," said Tullius...