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title: "2 Barren Quotes By Gregory of Nyssa"
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> [For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs does philosophy show for being so long in labor? Do not all who are full of wind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/for-truly-barren-is-profane-education-which-is-always-in-labor-but/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

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> [“Truly barren is a secular education. It is always in labor, but never gives birth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/truly-barren-is-a-secular-education-it-is-always-in-labor-but-never/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

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## Other authors on Barren

## More by Gregory of Nyssa

> [It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish to please…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/it-is-impossible-that-one-who-has-turned-to-the-world-and-feels-its/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything, pervading, embracing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/for-when-one-considers-the-universe-can-anyone-be-so-simple-minded-as/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/peace-is-defined-as-harmony-among-those-who-are-divided-when/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [But if one wishes to be absolute master of all, to obtain the entire inheritance, and to exclude his brothers from even a third…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/but-if-one-wishes-to-be-absolute-master-of-all-to-obtain-the-entire/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [“and the creation, in the world and above the world, that once was at variance with itself, is knit together in friendship: and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/and-the-creation-in-the-world-and-above-the-world-that-once-was-at/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [It is impossible for one to live without tears who considers things exactly as they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/it-is-impossible-for-one-to-live-without-tears-who-considers-things/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [Hope always draws the soul from the beauty which is seen to what is beyond, always kindles the desire for the hidden through what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/hope-always-draws-the-soul-from-the-beauty-which-is-seen-to-what-is/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [God's name is not known; it is wondered at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/god-s-name-is-not-known-it-is-wondered-at/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/if-custom-is-to-avail-for-proof-of-soundness-we-too-surely-may/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [Who gives you the day will give you also the things necessary for the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/who-gives-you-the-day-will-give-you-also-the-things-necessary-for-the/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [Today the darkness begins to grow shorter and the light to lengthen, as the hours of night become fewer… Realize that the true light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/today-the-darkness-begins-to-grow-shorter-and-the-light-to-lengthen/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/if-we-truly-think-of-christ-as-our-source-of-holiness-we-shall/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [We are not entitled to such licence, I mean that of affirming what we please; we make the Holy Scriptures the rule and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/we-are-not-entitled-to-such-licence-i-mean-that-of-affirming-what-we/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [Our human weakness is protected by the assistance of the Angels and...in all our perils, provided faith remain with us, we are defended by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/our-human-weakness-is-protected-by-the-assistance-of-the-angels-and/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

> [For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs does philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/for-truly-barren-is-profane-education-which-is-always-in-labor-but/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

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